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Dual life-threatening pathologies presenting simultaneously

Author(s) -

Peter K Mwamure,

Sanjeevan Pasupati,

Michael J. Swarbrick,

Rebecca Lin,

Raewyn Fisher

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

bmj case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231

H-Index - 26

ISSN - 1757-790X

DOI - 10.1136/bcr.01.2009.1491

Subject(s) - medicine , primary angioplasty , myocardial infarction , cardiothoracic surgery , lesion , acute coronary syndrome , angioplasty , interventional cardiology , surgery , cardiology , radiology , percutaneous coronary intervention

A 70-year-old male presented to hospital with both anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction and spontaneous oesophageal rupture (Boerhaave's syndrome). He underwent primary angioplasty and stenting for a lesion of the left anterior descending in addition to cardiothoracic surgery for the oesophageal rupture. This combination of pathologies is a rare entity and often difficult to diagnose. To date, only a few cases have been reported.

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