Chest Pain and ST-Segment Elevation in an 18-Year-Old Man.
An 18-year-old man came to the hospital because of 1 day of chest pain typical of pericarditis. He had had an upper respiratory infection 10 days earlier. His electrocardiograms indicated evolving pericarditis. His echocardiogram showed mild, diffuse left ventricular hypokinesia, and his troponin I level peaked at 47.5 ng/ml. Thus, he had myopericarditis.
Cardiology Department, Heartland Cardiovascular Center, Joliet, Illinois.
Mazen M
MM
Kawji
Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. Electronic address: dglanc@lsuhsc.edu.
D Luke
DL
Glancy
D000293:Adolescent; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology