Open AccessFish bone-induced myocardial injury leading to a misdiagnosis of acute myocardial infarction: A case report
Author(s) -
Qianqian Wang,
Yi Hu,
Ling Zhu,
Wenjun Zhu,
Ping Shen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i20.3335
Subject(s) - medicine , chest pain , myocardial infarction , pericardial effusion , pericardium , foreign body , surgery , cardiac tamponade , emergency department , thoracotomy , heart failure , intensive care unit , physical examination , cardiology , psychiatry
Acute chest pain (ACP) is very common among patients presenting to emergency departments. Nevertheless, ACP caused by esophageal foreign body is relatively rarely reported.