ABSTRACT

A 59-year-old woman was brought to hospital complaining of chest pain. The pain was central and crushing in nature, radiating to her left arm and jaw. She felt short of breath and nauseated. The pain began approximately 30 minutes earlier. Her past medical history was only significant for a gastric ulcer 5 years earlier. She took 20 mg omeprazole OD only. She worked as a journalist and had never smoked. Upon asking about her family history, the patient became very distressed, explaining that her husband had died in an accident 2 days earlier.