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Background: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common congenital heart defect present in up to 34% of the population. While usually benign, it can facilitate right-to-left shunting, increasing the risk of paradoxical embolism in predisposed individuals. Although PFO is more commonly associated with cerebrovascular events, in rare instances, it…

53-year-old man with a history of arterial hypertension, active smoking, and a family history of myocardial infarction (father with MI at approximately 50 years of age). The patient presented to the emergency department with intense, persistent, oppressive chest pain. Similar episodes of pain had occurred over the past 4–5…

A 41-year-old woman went to ED referring two episodes of oppressive chest pain radiating to the jaw and left arm occurring at rest in the past 24 hours, lasting 5-20 minutes. She was a smoker with no other cardiovascular risk factor. The ECG on admission showed no signs of acute…

Introduction: Favism is an acute hemolytic anemia triggered by the ingestion of fava beans or exposure to specific oxidative stressors in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. Certain drugs can induce red blood cell destruction and should therefore be avoided. Case report: A 55-year-old man presented to the emergency…

A 72-year-old patient with multiple cardiovascular risk factors reports progressively worsening dyspnea at rest, which began following a period of severe stress (flood damage to their home in Romagna). Due to the persistence of symptoms, the patient is brought to the emergency department, where vital signs reveal: BP 150/110…

Introduction: Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), perceived by the patient (pt) as a feeling of palpitations and chest pain, is often associated with repolarization alterations (ST segment depression) that may suggest, together with the symptom "chest pain", the co-presence of cardiac ischemia. However, the relationship between such alterations and the actual…

68 years old female, smoker, with history of anxious depression in treatment with paroxetine. She presented to the emergency department with the complaint of fatigue and exertional dyspnea for the last week. Heart rate was 50 bpm, blood pressure 120/80 mmHg and oxygen saturation 99% on room air. ECG…

  BACKGROUND Tako-Tsubo syndrome (TTS) is characterized by reversible dysfunction of ventricular contractility and it’s associated with non-trivial rates of complications. Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) is a score to predict 10-year survival in patients with multiple comorbidities. We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of this score in predicting major…

Myocardial infarction without significant coronary artery stenosis (MINOCA) can be likened to a Pandora's box, revealing various underlying etiologies, including coronary spasm. The etiological diagnosis is not always straightforward. It is also known that 3-24% of MINOCA cases present with ST-segment elevation. We present the case of a 51-year-old…

Background: The differential diagnosis between STEMI and STEMI mimics is crucial for an accurate diagnosis, enabling the definition of a therapeutic pathway with a significant impact on the patient's prognosis. We present a clinical case of ST-segment elevation during acute abdominal pathology that could have led to an incorrect…