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Article
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Description
Noncardiac causes should be kept in the differential while evaluating ST elevation on EKG. Rarely abdominal pathologies like acute pancreatitis can present with ST elevation in the inferior leads. Once acute coronary syndrome is ruled out by emergent cardiac catheterization alternative diagnosis should be sorted. Abdominal pathologies, like acute pancreatitis and acute cholecystitis, can present with ST elevation in the inferior leads. Treating the underlying condition would result in resolution of these EKG changes.
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Sethi, Pooja; Murtaza, Ghulam; Sharma, Ashwini; and Paul, Timir. 2016. ST Segment Elevation with Normal Coronaries. Case Reports in Medicine. Vol.2016 https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/3132654 ISSN: 1687-9627
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© 2016 Pooja Sethi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.