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      Chest pain in two athletic male adolescents mimicking myocardial infarction.

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      Pediatric emergency care
      Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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          Abstract

          Acute chest pain with elevated troponin and CK-MB levels and focal ST elevation on electrocardiogram is considered to be myocardial infarction unless proven otherwise. The cardiac enzymes can be elevated in other etiologies of chest pain including myopericarditis, pulmonary embolism, acute rheumatic fever, and trauma. Therefore, patients presenting with chest pain and elevated cardiac enzymes should be carefully evaluated for other etiologies after ruling out acute coronary process. We report 2 male adolescents with myopericarditis who presented to the emergency department with chest pain and elevated cardiac enzymes.

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          Journal
          Pediatr Emerg Care
          Pediatric emergency care
          Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
          1535-1815
          0749-5161
          Jul 2014
          : 30
          : 7
          Affiliations
          [1 ] From the Departments of *Pediatrics and †Pediatric Cardiology, John H Stroger Jr, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL.
          Article
          00006565-201407000-00012
          10.1097/PEC.0000000000000170
          24987994
          513bedb0-84c9-4a3a-bb55-c9dccd6af608
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