Chest pain and ST segment elevation attributable to cholecystitis: A case report and review of the literature

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1255-1258

  Nasir, Javed M ^a   Durning, Steven J ^a   Sweet, Jon M ^b   Cation, Lannie J ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CARILION CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; TIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 33845596651     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.12.1255     Document Type: Review

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