Course: An Older Patient With Chest Pain—Diagnostic Traps
CME Credits: 1.00
Released: 2023-09-25
A patient in their 70s presented to the emergency department (ED) with 2 hours of persistent chest pain accompanied by shortness of breath. The patient’s medical history was notable for hypertension, kidney transplantation due to bilateral kidney trauma, and long-term treatment with cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil, and prednisone acetate. Two months before, the patient had been hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infection for 1 month. Physical examination on arrival showed pulse rate of 102 beats per minute, respiratory rate of 25 breaths per minute, blood pressure of 135/78 mm Hg, and normal auscultation of the chest. The patient’s cardiac troponin I (cTnI) level was 2.62 ng/mL (reference, <0.16 ng/mL) and N-terminal pro?b-type natriuretic peptide was 1468 ng/L (reference, <125 ng/L). Findings of a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) are shown in the , A.
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