title: Small Bowel Obstruction Mimicking Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
abstract: We present a case of a 42-year-old female who presented to our institution with a small bowel obstruction and had emergent surgical decompression. Thirteen days postoperatively, the patient became tachycardic and had worsening epigastric pain. Electrocardiogram showed significant ST-segment elevations in leads II, III, aVF, and V3-V6, suggesting the possibility of acute inferolateral myocardial infarction. Subsequent workup revealed the cause of the ST-elevations to be due to recurrent small bowel obstruction. Although intra-abdominal causes of ST-elevation have been reported, our case may be the first to be associated with small bowel obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Saint Michael's Medical Center, 111 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07109, USA.
authors.forename: Kunal
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0087-634X
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Saint Michael's Medical Center, 111 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07109, USA.
authors.forename: Nai-Lun
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Saint Michael's Medical Center, 111 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07109, USA.
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shulik
authors.affiliation: Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Saint Michael's Medical Center, 111 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07109, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DePasquale
authors.affiliation: Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Saint Michael's Medical Center, 111 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07109, USA.
authors.forename: Fayez
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shamoon
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