Acute coronary syndrome mimicked by acute cholecystitis: Case report

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-346

  Aksay, Ersin ^a   Ersel, Murat ^a   Kiyan, Selahattin ^a   Musalar, Ekrem ^a   Gungor, Hasan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

acute cholecystitis; acute coronary syndrome; ECG change; T wave abnormality

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATORVASTATIN; BILIRUBIN; CAPTOPRIL; CREATININE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METOPROLOL; POTASSIUM; RANITIDINE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECG ABNORMALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; T WAVE INVERSION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77955792989     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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