De Winter’s wave

A 45-year-old man was admitted to the ED because of an acute retrosternal chest pain which prolonged for 20 min. He was overweight and a regular smoker. When admitted the pain had disappeared and the physical examination remained normal. The ECG was normal (figure 1). The ultrasensitive T troponin remained negative (H0 and H+3). He was treated for a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and transferred …