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Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Regional Pericarditis Mimicking STEMI

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1 Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Regional Pericarditis Mimicking STEMI
Stephen Rechenmacher, MD, Daniel Jurewitz, MD, Jeffrey Southard, MD, Ezra Amsterdam, MD  The American Journal of Medicine  Volume 126, Issue 8, Pages (August 2013) DOI: /j.amjmed Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 The patient's initial electrocardiogram showed ST-segment elevation in inferolateral leads and diffuse PR-segment depression. The American Journal of Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 A coronary angiogram demonstrated no flow-limiting lesion in the left circumflex coronary artery [(A) = right anterior oblique view] or the right coronary artery [(B) = left anterior oblique cranial view]. The American Journal of Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Computed tomography of the chest displayed left-sided hemopneumothorax. Note the hemothorax directly adjacent to the left ventricle (arrow). The American Journal of Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

5 Figure 4 The isoelectric baseline defined by the TP-segment emphasized PR-segment depression and ST-segment elevation. (magnified from Figure 1) The American Journal of Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions


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