Open AccessElevated troponin levels and typical chest pain: Is always acute coronary syndrome?
Author(s) -
Altuğ Ösken,
Tuğba Kemaloğlu Öz,
Göktürk İpek,
Işıl Atasoy,
Şennur Ünal Dayı,
Regayip Zehır,
Selçuk Yaylacı,
Ercan Aydın,
Salih Şahinkuş
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.186066
Subject(s) - aortic dissection , medicine , chest pain , acute coronary syndrome , cardiology , differential diagnosis , troponin , dissection (medical) , acute aortic syndrome , myocardial infarction , radiology , aorta , pathology
Aortic dissection is a fatal disease that must be considered in the differential diagnosis of chest pain. If the diagnosis cannot be made in early period, mortality is very high. Here, we present a case of aortic dissection, clinically mimicking acute coronary syndrome