An 81-year-old male was referred by his general practitioner with a troponin-T of 153 nanograms per liter (ng/L) (reference range <5 ng/L) and chest pain ongoing for 13 hours on arrival.
A 25-year-old female with a history of sickle cell disease (on prophylactic penicillin VK) and venous thromboembolic disease (on oral anticoagulation with apixaban) presented to the emergency department with one week of right-sided neck pain and subjective fevers, and a one day history of trismus.