Acute chest pain in a patient with a non-strangulated hiatal hernia

Acute chest pain resulting in spontaneous idiopathic hemomediastinum is a rare, potentially life-threatening occurrence. Acute chest pain is a common chief complaint of patients, accounting for 2.4%–6.0% of adult emergency room visits. The clinician's differential diagnoses for acute chest pain...

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Main Authors: Alexander John Scumpia, Megan Elizabeth Dekok, Daniel Michael Aronovich, Gurpaul Bajwa, Randy Barros, Randy Katz, Jordan Ditchek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Acute Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221618915000591