title: [Clinical case of the month. Precordialgia evoking a coronary instability syndrome, a diagnostic danger].
abstract: Chest pain represents a frequent motivation for consultation in which the differential diagnosis is not always easy. We present a case where a misdiagnosis lead to serious complications. Therefore we review the clinical and electrocardiographic characteristics of the evoked diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, CHU Liège.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gach
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Troisfontaines
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Legrand
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents