Heparin therapy for mistaken cardiac diagnosis in Boerhaave's syndrome.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
We describe two patients with Boerhaave's syndrome who presented with chest pain mimicking cardiac pain and received heparin therapy. One patient developed large intramural esophageal hematoma as a complication of heparin therapy. The other patient had no hematoma and his course was dominated by esophageal rupture. Both were managed conservatively.
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Main subject:
Pulmonary Embolism
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Rupture, Spontaneous
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Syndrome
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Heparin
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Risk Assessment
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Diagnosis, Differential
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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