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Acute ECG ST-segment elevation mimicking myocardial infarction in a patient with pulmonary embolism by Tomaž Goslar; Matej Podbregar is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Acute ECG ST-segment elevation mimicking myocardial infarction in a patient with pulmonary embolism about?
Pulmonary embolism is a common cardiovascular emergency, but it is still often misdiagnosed due to its unspecific clinical symptoms. Elevated troponin concentrations are associated with greater morbidity and mortality in patients with pulmonary embolism. Right ventricular ischemia due to increased right ventricular afterload is believed to be underlying mechanism of elevated troponin values in acute pulmonary embolism, but a paradoxical coronary artery embolism through opened intra-artrial communication is another possible explanation as shown in our case report.
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- Author
- Tomaž Goslar; Matej Podbregar
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London UK: BioMed Central, 2003-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1476-7120)
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)