One day, in the late 1970s, I was called to the emergency department to see a patient
with chest pain. Although I had only been practicing for a couple of years, I secretly
prided myself on my ability to discern cardiac from noncardiac symptoms. The patient
was a gaunt-looking man in his early 60s, with sad, deep-set eyes. He reported retrosternal
chest discomfort with physical activity for about 2 years, relieved by rest. The discomfort
radiated down his arms and sounded like typical angina. His symptoms had worsened
in the past week because of increasing anxiety and now were occurring at rest.
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Published online: May 14, 2019
Accepted:
May 7,
2019
Received:
May 7,
2019
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