Thrombus-in-Transit: Changing the Diagnosis from Acute Coronary Syndrome to Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary embolism is a disease entity that is under diagnosed, frequently overlooked,is often misdiagnosed and it is potentially fatal. A high index of clinical suspicion is required for correct diagnosis and timely intervention. To witness the event of embolism is extremely rare and is virtually c...
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| description | Pulmonary embolism is a disease entity that is under diagnosed, frequently overlooked,is often misdiagnosed and it is potentially fatal. A high index of clinical suspicion is required for correct diagnosis and timely intervention. To witness the event of embolism is extremely rare and is virtually confirmatory of the diagnosis. Here we present a case of a 56 years old male who was admitted to the emergency department with the diagnosis of Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; the diagnosis was subsequently changed to pulmonary embolism when a thrombus-in-transit was witnessed on transthoracic echocardiography |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b6d79a2a2b97431db53817af64d8a8ca2022-12-22T00:56:28ZengRawalpindi Medical UniversityJournal of Rawalpindi Medical College1683-35621683-35702018-09-01Thrombus-in-Transit: Changing the Diagnosis from Acute Coronary Syndrome to Pulmonary EmbolismMuhammad Mohsin et al.,0Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, PakistanPulmonary embolism is a disease entity that is under diagnosed, frequently overlooked,is often misdiagnosed and it is potentially fatal. A high index of clinical suspicion is required for correct diagnosis and timely intervention. To witness the event of embolism is extremely rare and is virtually confirmatory of the diagnosis. Here we present a case of a 56 years old male who was admitted to the emergency department with the diagnosis of Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; the diagnosis was subsequently changed to pulmonary embolism when a thrombus-in-transit was witnessed on transthoracic echocardiographyhttps://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/938thrombus-in-transittransthoracic echocardiographyPulmonary embolism |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Mohsin et al., Thrombus-in-Transit: Changing the Diagnosis from Acute Coronary Syndrome to Pulmonary Embolism Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College thrombus-in-transit transthoracic echocardiography Pulmonary embolism |
| title | Thrombus-in-Transit: Changing the Diagnosis from Acute Coronary Syndrome to Pulmonary Embolism |
| title_full | Thrombus-in-Transit: Changing the Diagnosis from Acute Coronary Syndrome to Pulmonary Embolism |
| title_fullStr | Thrombus-in-Transit: Changing the Diagnosis from Acute Coronary Syndrome to Pulmonary Embolism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thrombus-in-Transit: Changing the Diagnosis from Acute Coronary Syndrome to Pulmonary Embolism |
| title_short | Thrombus-in-Transit: Changing the Diagnosis from Acute Coronary Syndrome to Pulmonary Embolism |
| title_sort | thrombus in transit changing the diagnosis from acute coronary syndrome to pulmonary embolism |
| topic | thrombus-in-transit transthoracic echocardiography Pulmonary embolism |
| url | https://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/938 |
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