Chest Pain and ST-Segment Elevation in an 18-Year-Old Man

Abstract An 18-year-old-man came to the hospital because of one 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 hypokinesis, and his...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 2017-05, Vol.119 (10), p.1701-1702
Main Authors: Kawji, Mazen M., MD, Glancy, David Luke, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Calcium-binding protein
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Chest
Chest Pain - diagnosis
Chest Pain - etiology
Chest Pain - physiopathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Follow-Up Studies
Heart
Heart Conduction System - physiopathology
Humans
Hypokinesia
Infections
Male
Pain
Patients
Pericarditis
Pericarditis - complications
Pericarditis - diagnosis
Pericarditis - physiopathology
Thoracic surgery
Troponin
Troponin I
Ventricle
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Summary:Abstract An 18-year-old-man came to the hospital because of one 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 hypokinesis, and his troponin I peaked at 47.5 ng/mL. Thus, he had myopericarditis.
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.11.073