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A negative test of aneurysmal proportions
Author(s) -
Winawer Neil,
Murali Mandakolathur,
Saint Sanjay,
Babaliaros Vasilis
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of hospital medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.128
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1553-5606
pISSN - 1553-5592
DOI - 10.1002/jhm.79
Subject(s) - medicine , test (biology) , medline , law , paleontology , biology , political science
A46-year-old African American man presented to the emergency department with severe chest pain that awakened him from sleep. The pain was substernal, radiated to the neck and back, and was continuous, lasting approximately 1 hour. It was associated with nausea, diaphoresis, and dizziness. The patient denied dyspnea, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, dysphagia, odynophagia, vomiting, fever, chills, or headache. He denied recent recreational drug use. He works as a landscaper.