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Chest pain? Again?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Kirk Hollohan
Kirk Hollohan*
Affiliation:
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC

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A 46-year-old man presented to the ED after the sudden onset of chest pain 45 minutes earlier. He had been straining (installing a fan) when the pain began. He described the pain as a severe pressure that radiated to his left shoulder and arm. No radiation to the neck or back was noted. He denied shortness of breath, nausea, diaphoresis, syncope or palpitations. He had not previously experienced similar symptoms and felt well until the moment the pain began. Past medical history included poorly controlled hypertension for 15 years and a 35 pack-year smoking history.

Type
Diagnostic Challenge • Défi Diagnostique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , April 1999 , pp. 63
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 1999