[Clinical case of the month. Precordialgia evoking a coronary instability syndrome, a diagnostic danger].
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.
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Service de Cardiologie, CHU Liège.
Troisfontaines
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Legrand
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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
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents