Clinical Review
Interactive case report
A 42 year old man with acute chest pain: case outcome
BMJ 2003; 326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.326.7399.1133 (Published 22 May 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;326:1133
- G Sodeck, registrar1,
- B Partik, consultant2,
- H Domanovits, consultant1 (hans.domanovits@akh-wien.ac.at)
- 1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Vienna General Hospital, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1093 Vienna, Austria,
- 2 Department of Radiology, Vienna General Hospital
- Correspondence to: H Domanovits
Three weeks ago (26 April, p 920), we presented the case of Peter Hartl, a 42 year old man who presented to his local emergency department with severe retrosternal chest pain. Initial investigation ruled out myocardial ischaemia (3 May, p 974). He had spiral computed tomography to exclude a pulmonary embolus because of his persistent dyspnoea and suggestive findings on echocardiography and chest radiography. To …
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