Case 8-2007: A 48-year-old man with chest pain followed by cardiac arrest

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1153-1162

  Lewis, Gregory D ^a,b   Holmes, Charles B ^a,b   Holmvang, Godtfred ^a,b   Butterton, Joan R ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATROPINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IBUPROFEN; MAGNESIUM; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDITIS;

CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33947280372     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc079002     Document Type: Article

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