Undiagnosed chronic respiratory disorders in symptomatic patients with initially suspected and excluded coronary artery disease: insights from a prospective pilot study by Christoph Beyer, Anna Boehm, Alex Pizzini, Alex Pizzini, Philipp Grubwieser, Gudrun Feuchtner, Axel Bauer, Guenter Weiss, Judith Loeffler-Ragg, Guy Friedrich, Fabian Plank

“…At baseline and the 3-month follow-up, standardized assessments of symptoms (CCS chest pain, mMRC score, CAT score) were performed.ResultsChronic respiratory disease was diagnosed in 14% of patients, with a prevalence of 6% for chronic obstructive ventilation disorders. …”
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Cardiac Hydatid Disease and Extracardiac Organ Involvement: A Tertiary Single-Center Experience by İsa Çam, Kurtuluş Karaüzüm, İrem Karaüzüm, Törehan Özer, Ahmet Yalnız, Özgür Çakır, Hakan Cebeci, Başak Erdemli Gürsel, Oğuz Omay, Ercüment Çiftçi, Tayfun Şahin, Yonca Anık

“…The most common symptom was chest pain, which occurred in 13 (59.1%) patients. Cardiac cysts were located in the left ventricle (n=10, 41.7%), right ventricle (n=5, 20.8%), interventricular septum (n=5, 20.8%), and pericardium (n=4, 16.7%). …”
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Acute coronary syndrome screening in patients presenting with arteriosclerosis in health check-ups: a case–control study by Yuguo Chen, Xiaoxing Li, Fangkun Yan, Xinhui Liu, Mingzhuo Li, Jiangbing Li, Chuanbao Li

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Follow-up care in general practice of patients with myocardial infarction or angina pectoris: initial results of the SHIP trial. Southampton Heart Integrated Care Project. by Jolly, K, Bradley, F, Sharp, S, Smith, H, Mant, D

“…The subjects were 422 adult patients with a MI and 175 patients with a new diagnosis of angina recruited during hospital admission or chest pain clinic attendance between April 1995 and September 1996. …”

Development of clinical prediction rules for reducing delays in the diagnosis of multiple myeloma by Koshiaris, C

“…Early symptoms of myeloma include back pain, rib pain, chest pain and infections while fractures, weight loss and nausea manifest later in disease progression. …”

Follow-up care in general practice of patients with myocardial infarction or angina pectoris: initial results of the SHIP trial. Southampton Heart Integrated Care Project. by Jolly, K, Bradley, F, Sharp, S, Smith, H, Mant, D

“…The subjects were 422 adult patients with a MI and 175 patients with a new diagnosis of angina recruited during hospital admission or chest pain clinic attendance between April 1995 and September 1996. …”

Nourin-Dependent miR-137 and miR-106b: Novel Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis of Myocardial Ischemia in Coronary Artery Disease Patients by Salwa A. Elgebaly, Robert H. Christenson, Hossam Kandil, Mohsen Ibrahim, Hussien Rizk, Nashwa El-Khazragy, Laila Rashed, Beshoy Yacoub, Heba Eldeeb, Mahmoud M. Ali, Donald L. Kreutzer

“…Conclusions: Nourin-dependent <i>miR-137</i> and <i>miR-106b-5p</i> are promising novel blood-based biomarkers for early diagnosis of myocardial ischemia in chest pain patients suspected of CAD in outpatient clinics. …”
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Effect of a High-Sensitivity Troponin I and Associated Diagnostic Protocol on Emergency Department Length of Stay: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Jesse Hill, MD, MSc, Esther H. Yang, BSc, MSc, Dennis Lefebvre, MD, PhD, Shandra Doran, MD, PhD, Michelle Graham, MD, FRCPC, Sean van Diepen, MD, FRCPC, Joshua E. Raizman, PhD, Albert K.Y. Tsui, PhD, Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc

“…Results: A total of 2640 patients presenting with chest pain were included, with 1333 in the TnI group and 1307 in the hs-TnI group. …”
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From the Heart: Interatrial Septal Aneurysm Identified on Bedside Ultrasound by Michael Butterfield, Christine Riguzzi, Oron Frenkel, Arun Nagdev

“…A 61 year-old man presented to the Emergency Department for one day of nonspecific chest pain. Bedside echocardiogram performed by the emergency physician revealed normal systolic cardiac function but also showed a large ( > 10mm) bicornuate interatrial septal aneurysm (IASA) projecting into the right atrium (Figure 1, Video 1). …”
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Right atrial thrombus and pulmonary thromboembolism related to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: A case report and literature review by Amin Sayyadi, Mahsa Mahdavi, Behnam Dalfardi, Fatemeh Karami Robati, Mohsen Shafiepour

“…Abstract A young lady with a history of infertility presented to the hospital with dyspnea and chest pain a few days after ovulation induction. Her manifestations were consistent with ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). …”
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Cardiac echinococcosis by Ivanović-Krstić Branislava A., Kalimanovska-Oštrić Dimitra V., Vujisić-Tešić Bosiljka D., Jovanović Dragana, Petrović Predrag, Cvetković-Matić Danica

“…A 33-year-old woman was treated for cough, fever and chest pain. Cardiac echocardiograpic examination revealed a round tumor (5.8 x 4 cm) in the right ventricular free wall and two smaller cysts behind that tumor. …”
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Ultrasound assessment in a pregnant woman? Not just for the fetus by Telmo Borges Coelho, Ricardo Manuel Rocha Gomes, Jorge Teixeira, José António Mariz

“…We present a case of a 37-year-old pregnant woman who presented at the emergency department with pleuritic chest pain, fever, and cough. Bedside point-of-care ultrasonography confirmed pericarditis revealing an organized pericardial effusion, leading to patient hospitalization and initiation of therapy. …”
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Mesalazine-induced myopericarditis in a patient with ulcerative colitis by Jalal Asadi, Sanjay S Bhandari, Nauman Ahmed

“…A 25-year-old male with a background of ulcerative colitis presented with a two-week history of central chest pain. His ECG on presentation showed global T wave inversion with a peak troponin I of 165 ng/mL. …”
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‘Bubbles and esophagus: A tale of unexpected and otherwise unexplained pain’ by Fatima Bhojani, MBBS, Gulnaz Shafqat, MBBS, FCPS, Uffan Zafar, MBBS, Anam Khan, MBBS, FCPS

“…It commonly presents with vague symptoms such as chest pain or more classic symptoms like subcutaneous emphysema and vomiting. …”
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Morgagni hernia presenting as constipation in the postsurgical patient: A case report by Thomas Cartwright, Patherica Charoenmins, Cole Nelson, Josiah Faustino, Shaan Jamil Akhtar

“…The more common presenting symptoms associated with Morgagni hernia, dyspnea, and chest pain were not present. Surgical management was pursued with a transabdominal approach, the bowel was successfully reduced and the defect was closed using sutures. …”
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Spontaneous Rupture of Esophageal Diverticulum—A Case Report and Literature Review by Shengting Dong, Shiliang Xie, Yongxin Zhou

“…When patients suffer from chronic swallowing difficulties and chest pain or vomiting that cannot be explained after meals, they should be suspected to have a possible spontaneous rupture of the esophageal diverticulum, which is critical to the patient’s prognosis.…”
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A rare case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy: The masquerader by Gaurav Khandelwal, Agam Bansal

“…However, immediately after the operation, she developed chest pain and dyspnea, ST-segment elevation and QRS complex widening on electrocardiography, and increased left ventricle diastolic diameter, apical ballooning, and decreased ejection fraction on two-dimensional echocardiography. …”
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Radiological and Clinical Manifestations of Metastatic Pulmonary Calcification in a Patient with Parathyroid Hyperplasia by Aslı Tanrıvermiş Sayıt, Muzaffer Elmalı, Dilek Sağlam

“…We present a case of a 53-year-old-man with end-stage renal disease and primary hyperparathyroidism presented with hip and chest pain. Computed tomography of the chest revealed multiple, ground-glass opacities associated with poorly defined centrilobular nodules and numerous calcific nodules, consistent with MPC.…”
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Fungal empyema thoracis: A rare occurrence at the rural tertiary care by Darshan Rakhecha, Bharat Umakant Patil, Raju Gore, Samir Yelwatkar

“…We present the case of a 40-year-old male known alcoholic with chronic pancreatitis who presented with dyspnea, fever, and left-sided localized chest pain for 2 months. Pleural fluid cytology revealed periodic acid–Schiff and Giemsa stain-positive fungal hyphae morphologically appear to be Candida albicans. …”
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Primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma: How to expect the unexpected? by Mayank Yadav, Sumit Pratap Singh, Mohd Azam Haseen, Braj Mohan Singh, Noor Ahmad Lari, Mohammed Haneef Beg

“…We present an 18-year-old male who presented with complaints of chest pain, cough, and hemoptysis. Physical examination and blood parameters were normal. …”
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