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Abstract

Suspected myocardial infarction: early diagnostic value of analgesic requirementsThe variety of possible presentations of myocardial infarction is well known, but chest pain is perhaps the most constant of symptoms.Evidence has linked duration of pain with size of infarct,' and Mitchell suggested that analgesic requirements should be used as an early guide to whether infarction has taken place.'I carried out a study to evaluate the diagnostic potential of analgesic requirements.