Chest pain : the importance of serial ECGs

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Jansen van Rensburg, Rene
Schutte, Jason
De Beenhouwer, Thomas

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Cleveland Clinic

Abstract

A 44-year-old man, previously well, presented to the emergency department with severe hypertension and a 4-hour history of typical angina-like chest pain with associated diaphoresis. He had dyslipidemia, a 5-pack-year history of smoking, and, likely, undiagnosed hypertension.

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Chest pain, Hypertension, Electrocardiogram (ECG)

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Rene Jansen van Rensburg, Jason Schutte and Thomas de Beenhouwer, 'Chest pain : the importance of serial ECGs', Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, October 2021, 88 (10) 538-540; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.201832021.