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BET 3: WHAT IS THE RISK OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN AMPHETAMINE-INDUCED CHEST PAIN PRESENTING TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT?
  1. Bhavesh Papadi, SHO Medicine,
  2. Karthikeyan Perumal, Radiation Oncologist
  1. Chase Farm Hospital, Middlesex, UK

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2008.061697

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      Report by Dr Bhavesh Papadi, SHO Medicine

      Search checked by Dr Karthikeyan Perumal, Radiation Oncologist

      Institution: Chase Farm Hospital, Middlesex, UK

      CLINICAL SCENARIO

      You are working in a very busy emergency department and the triage nurse informs you that a patient with “amphetamine-induced chest pain” has just arrived. You wonder what chance he has of developing acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

      THREE-PART QUESTION

      In [patients presenting with chest pain following amphetamine use] what [is the incidence] of [acute myocardial infarction]?

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