ECG changes with elevated troponin I in a patient with tension pneumothorax.
An 86-year-old man presented with sudden onset of dyspnea during hospitalization. Initial electrocardiography (ECG) showed poor R-wave progression of precordial leads with elevation of troponin I. Tension pneumothorax was subsequently diagnosed and the ECG returned to normal after resolution of clinical compromise.
Chan
Wai-Hou
WH
Division of Cardiology and Hypertension, Kang-Ning General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Lin
Chin-Sheng
CS
Yang
Shih-Ping
SP
Cheng
Shu-Meng
SM
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015505:Chest Tubes; D004417:Dyspnea; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000150:complications*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013616:Tachycardia, Sinus / Q000209:etiology; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*
D019210:Troponin I