title: Dual life-threatening pathologies presenting simultaneously.
abstract: A 70-year-old male presented to hospital with both anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction and spontaneous oesophageal rupture (Boerhaave's syndrome). He underwent primary angioplasty and stenting for a lesion of the left anterior descending in addition to cardiothoracic surgery for the oesophageal rupture. This combination of pathologies is a rare entity and often difficult to diagnose. To date, only a few cases have been reported.
authors.affiliation: Waikato Hospital, Waikato Hospital, Private Bag 3200, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mwamure
authors.forename: Sanjeevan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pasupati
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swarbrick
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Raewyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fisher