The clinical diagnosis of acute pericarditis is based on simple criteria: typical chest pain, pericardial friction rub (Figure 2), widespread ST-segment elevation (Figure 3) and pericardial effusion ...

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Background: Chest pain is a common symptom in children and adolescents and has important functional consequences since it may result in restriction of activities, school absenteeism and anxiety in the ...

A 35-year-old man presents with sudden onset sharp chest pain following a flu-like illness. The pain does not radiate and is not associated with breathlessness. It is relieved slightly by sitting up ...

A 28-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a five-hour history of retrosternal chest pain radiating to his left arm. He reports that the pain is worse on inspiration and eases when he ...