A Rare Cause of Chest Pain
A patient presenting with typical chest pain with a background of ischemic heart disease often alarms one of an acute coronary syndrome but differentials should always be ruled out. We report a case of typical chest pain which was referred from a district general hospital as an acute coronary syndro...
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| author | Syed Mohammad Haleem, MBBS Sohail Ahmad, MBBS Billal Patel, PhD |
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| description | A patient presenting with typical chest pain with a background of ischemic heart disease often alarms one of an acute coronary syndrome but differentials should always be ruled out. We report a case of typical chest pain which was referred from a district general hospital as an acute coronary syndrome but turned out to be a pulmonary artery sarcoma. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27021c5ef70b497d9080dcd6dc2deac52022-12-21T19:21:06ZengElsevierJACC: Case Reports2666-08492020-02-0122314315A Rare Cause of Chest PainSyed Mohammad Haleem, MBBS0Sohail Ahmad, MBBS1Billal Patel, PhD2Address for correspondence: Dr. Syed Mohammad Haleem, Department of Cardiology, Blackpool Wyre & Fylde Health Authority, Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, Lancashire FY38NR, United Kingdom.; Department of Cardiology, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, United KingdomDepartment of Cardiology, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, United KingdomDepartment of Cardiology, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, United KingdomA patient presenting with typical chest pain with a background of ischemic heart disease often alarms one of an acute coronary syndrome but differentials should always be ruled out. We report a case of typical chest pain which was referred from a district general hospital as an acute coronary syndrome but turned out to be a pulmonary artery sarcoma. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919304978acute coronary syndromecomputed tomographyembolectomypulmonary artery sarcomapulmonary embolism |
| spellingShingle | Syed Mohammad Haleem, MBBS Sohail Ahmad, MBBS Billal Patel, PhD A Rare Cause of Chest Pain JACC: Case Reports acute coronary syndrome computed tomography embolectomy pulmonary artery sarcoma pulmonary embolism |
| title | A Rare Cause of Chest Pain |
| title_full | A Rare Cause of Chest Pain |
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| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Cause of Chest Pain |
| title_short | A Rare Cause of Chest Pain |
| title_sort | rare cause of chest pain |
| topic | acute coronary syndrome computed tomography embolectomy pulmonary artery sarcoma pulmonary embolism |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919304978 |
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