Delayed‐onset heparin‐induced thrombocytopenia complicated with saddle embolus by Faezeh Sadat Naji, Mahan Shafie, Mahbod Issaiy, Narjes Zarei Jalalabadi, Samaneh Parsa

“…We describe a 47‐year‐old female patient with a history of melanoma and multiple surgeries presented to the emergency department with acute dyspnea and chest pain on the eighth day after discharge.…”
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Case report: Ioversol induced Kounis syndrome and cardiogenic shock by Baoguo Wang, Weihua Zhang, Yu Fu, Yin Wang, Shouyan Hao

“…A 50-year-old male patient was admitted to the Cardiology Department of our hospital for intermittent chest pain for 9 days. Coronary angiography showed approximately 70% stenosis in the middle part of the left anterior descending branch. …”
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Chronic Cough as the Presenting Symptom of Eosinophilic Esophagitis by Victoria Shum, Russell Hopp, Hana Niebur, Ashley Deschamp

“…A 14-year-old male initially presented to the Emergency Department (ED) for a chronic, persistent cough and chest pain with concurrent history of asthma and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). …”
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Giant thymolipoma of mediastinum and neck – initially misdiagnosed as liposarcoma by core needle biopsy by Manouchehr Aghajanzadeh, Mohammad Reza Asgary, Alireza Mesbah, Hosein Hemmati, Mohammad Sadegh Esmaili Delshad, Pirouz Samidoust, Ghazaleh Hemmati

“…We report a case of thymolipoma in a 30-year-old male complaining of heaviness and constricting type of chest pain and neck swelling of 1-year duration. Computed tomography scan finding revealed a space-occupying lesion in the anterior mediastinum and extend to the right side of the mediastinum, neck, and left hemithorax. …”
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Systematic review of ethnomedicine, phytochemistry, and pharmacology of Cyperi Rhizoma by Fengyou Wang, Shihao Zhang, Jiaxu Zhang, Fu Yuan

“…It can be used to treat liver qi stagnation, chest pain, spleen and stomach qi stagnation, hernia pain, irregular menstruation and other diseases. …”
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Viral Myocarditis Mimicking ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Thrombocytopenia and Vasculitic Peripheral Neuropathy by Blerina Asllanaj MD, Eric Chang DO, Anthony Dota MD, Yi McWhorter DO

“…Symptomatic myocarditis is classically featured by a flu-like prodrome, dyspnea on exertion, palpitations, substernal chest pain, and abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG). The clinical diagnosis has often been challenging due to its similarities to acute coronary syndrome. …”
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A Coronary Septic Embolism in Double Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Presenting as Acute Anteroseptal ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Gülsüm Bulut, Emine Küçükateş, Nazmi Gültekin

“…A 40-year-old male patient who presented within 30 minutes of severe chest pain was admitted to the emergency department. …”
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Coronary Vasospastic Angina: A Review of the Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management by Rajan Rehan, James Weaver, Andy Yong

“…Vasospastic angina (VSA) is an under-appreciated cause of chest pain. It is characterised by transient vasoconstriction of the coronary arteries and plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of stable angina and acute coronary syndromes. …”
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Abdominal pain with a twist: a rare presentation of acute gastric volvulus by David P. Chen, Saqib Walayat, Imran L. Balouch, Daniel K. Martin, Teresa J. Lynch

“…It should be considered in patients presenting with chest pain and/or epigastric pain, especially in the elderly population. …”
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The autopsy practice and pathology in COVID-19 by Jasmeen Kaur, Manmeet Kaur

“…This virus has dived in to multiorgan, with clinical manifestations of fever, sore throat, dry cough, dyspnoea, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and muscle pain. …”
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Coronary Spasm: Ethnic and Sex Differences by Peter Ong, Astrid Hubert, Maike Schwidder, John F Beltrame

“…Coronary spasm (CS), which may occur at the epicardial (focal or diffuse spasm) and/or microvascular (microvascular spasm) level, is a well-established cause of myocardial ischaemia, in particular in patients with anginal chest pain despite unobstructed coronary arteries. The diagnosis of CS can be confirmed during coronary angiography by an additional provocation test with vasoactive substances such as acetylcholine. …”
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Chagas disease as a cause of symptomatic chronic myocardopathy in Mexican children. by Salazar-Schettino, P, Perera, R, Ruiz-Hernandez, A, Bucio Torres, M, Zamora-Gonzalez, C, Cabrera-Bravo, M, Harnden, A

“…The most common chronic symptom was chest pain, with one child also reporting dyspnea and tachycardia.…”

The role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with acute coronary syndromes. by Dall Armellina, E, Choudhury, R

“…The advantages of using CMR acutely could potentially include triage/differential diagnosis in patients presenting with chest pain and troponin rise but without diagnostic electrocardiogram changes, assessment of severity of myocardial injury (irreversible vs reversible damage) in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, and risk stratification and assessment of prognosis in patients with ACS. …”

A case of missed giant bullae emphysema diagnosed as pneumothorax by Ong, SF, Nik Azlan Nik Muhamad

“…A 18-year-old chronic smoker presented with right sided chest pain and dyspnoea. Initial respiratory rate was 35 /min, blood pressure was 136/90 mmHg, heart rate 80/min and SpO2 was 98% on room air. …”
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Utility of copeptin in acute myocardial infarction by Samsudin, Intan Nureslyna, Darul Ridzuan, Ilyas Syafiq, Chellappah Thambiah, Subashini, Hasan, Md. Shariful

“…This review looked at past researches conducted on copeptin as either a diagnostic marker for those presenting to emergency department with chest pain, or its prognostic value.…”
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Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as lung cancer: a case report by Boo, Yang Liang, How, Kang Nien, Pereira, Decena Shamini, Chin, Pek Woon, Kan, Foong Kee, Lim, Suat Yee

“…A 49-year-old man presented with a chronic cough, hemoptysis, and pleuritic chest pain. His initial imaging studies including computed tomography (CT) was suggestive of bronchogenic carcinoma. …”
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Galectin-3 as a Prognostic Biomarker in Patients with First Acute Myocardial Infarction without Heart Failure by Rada M. Vucic, Olivera M. Andrejic, Dragana Stokanovic, Tatjana Jevtovic Stoimenov, Lana McClements, Valentina N. Nikolic, Miodrag Sreckovic, Mirjana Veselinovic, Srdjan Aleksandric, Viseslav Popadic, Marija Zdravkovic, Milan Pavlovic

“…We determined the Gal-3 plasma concentration within 24 h of chest pain onset from the aortic root, femoral/radial artery, coronary sinus and cubital vein. …”
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COVID-19 vaccination-related attendance at a pediatric emergency department in Singapore among 12- to 18-year old adolescents by Nicholas Beng Hui Ng, Gayle Fleur Appleby, Xin Yi Thong, Sze Kiat Alan Ong, Stephanie Zhen Wan Hii, Ian Kai Zhi Tan, Sharad Mohite, Pao Tang Kao

“…The most common presenting complaints were chest pain (58.8%), dyspnea (28.2%) and palpitations (22.6%). …”
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Evaluating the Coronary Artery Disease Consortium Model and the Coronary Artery Calcium Score in Predicting Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in a Symptomatic Mixed Asian Cohort by Lohendran Baskaran, Yu Pei Neo, Jing Kai Lee, Yeonyee Elizabeth Yoon, Yilin Jiang, Subhi J. Al’Aref, Alexander R. van Rosendael, Donghee Han, Fay Y. Lin, Rine Nakanishi, Pál Maurovich Horvat, Swee Yaw Tan, Todd C. Villines, Marcio S. Bittencourt, Leslee J. Shaw

“…This retrospective study seeks to evaluate the CAD Consortium (CAD2) model in a mixed Asian cohort within Singapore with stable chest pain and to evaluate the incremental value of CAC in predicting obstructive CAD. …”
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Clinical Study on the Combination of Xiaotan Huayu Tongyi Granules, Channel Kaijie Pills and Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Esophageal Cancer by LI Jilei, LI Honglin, XU Yanchao, LIU Yanan, CHEN Mengli, SHAO Shuai, MA Chunzheng

“…Compared with pre-treatment, retrosternal chest pain, nausea and vomiting, mucus and vomit, vomitus scores and total score were reduced in the three groups, dysphagia, oligophagia and dry stool scores were reduced in the control group and treatment group Ⅱafter treatment (P<0.05) ; quality of life score and KPS score were increased, CEA and SCC levels were reduced in the three groups after treatment (P<0.05). …”
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