Intermittent Chest Pain in a 46-Year-Old Patient

JAMA. 2022 Nov 22;328(20):2058-2059. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.19443.
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Plain language summary

A patient in his 40s presented to the emergency department with chest pain and diaphoresis, which had also occurred 2 days earlier. He had a 20 pack-year history of smoking but no family history of cardiovascular disease. The patient’s electrocardiogram showed biphasic T waves in leads V2 and V3. What would you do next?

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Chest Pain* / etiology
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Thorax