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Thromboembolic leg ischaemia as first manifestation of an unrecognised myocardial infarction
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A 39 year old previously healthy man presented with a painful, cold, and pulseless right leg. His past medical history was uneventful. In particular, the patient had never experienced chest pain. Upon questioning, he remembered that three months earlier he had suffered intermittent right shoulder pain with irradiation to the right arm lasting a …