ECG of the Month: Subtle ECG Change in a 31 Year-Old Man with Recent Chest Pain.
A 31-year-old man had an hour of pain across the upper portion of his chest anteriorly, and it radiated down the inner aspects of both arms. The pain came while he was walking and gradually disappeared as he sat quietly. Six Rolaid tablets did not seem to alter the pain. The pain was unaccompanied by dyspnea, sweating, nausea or vomiting. The night before the patient had had similar pain relieved by Rolaids and belching. After the second episode of pain, he went to the emergency department of a local hospital where an ECG was recorded.
Emeritus professor in the Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.
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D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*