High suspicion of hearth disease gained from taking the case history must not controvert negative results of some medical examination – experience outpatient internist
Authors:
H. Slámová
Authors‘ workplace:
Interní a kardiologická ambulance SPEA s. r. o., Olomouc
Published in:
Vnitř Lék 2012; 58(10): 765-767
Category:
Case Reports
Overview
We report the case of a patient having atypical chest pain and difficult to breathe. The cardiac gated SPECT had insignificant result in compare with high positive results of coronary artery calcium score and coronarography.
Key words:
chest pain – stress EKG – cardiac gated SPECT – coronary artery calcium score
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