Chest Pain and ST-Segment Elevation in an 18-Year-Old Man - 27/09/17
Doi : 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.11.073
Mazen M. Kawji, MD a, D. Luke Glancy, MD b, ⁎ 
a Cardiology Department, Heartland Cardiovascular Center, Joliet, Illinois
b Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
∗Corresponding author: Tel: (985) 796-1550; fax: (504) 568-2127.
Abstract |
An 18-year-old man came to the hospital because of 1 day of chest pain typical of pericarditis. He had had an upper respiratory infection 10 days earlier. His electrocardiograms indicated evolving pericarditis. His echocardiogram showed mild, diffuse left ventricular hypokinesia, and his troponin I level peaked at 47.5 ng/ml. Thus, he had myopericarditis.
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