We report on a 50-year old man who presented with upper abdominal pain and new T-wave inversions in the anterior leads of the electrocardiogramm. ... read more
Inferior MI not uncommonly presents as epigastric pain, usually without tenderness. That said, the vast majority of epigastric pain is abdominal. If I record a non-diagnostic ECG for epigastric pain, and do not find a clearly ischemic ECG, I am much less likely to further evaluate the patient for cardiac ischemia. read more
Perplexing epigastric pain-coincident myocardial infarction and acute pancreatitis. Serum amylase and lipase in the evaluation of acute abdominal pain. read more