Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Setting of Pulmonary Hypertension due to a Patent Foramen Ovale and Paradoxical Embolism

A 67-year-old woman with pulmonary hypertension (PH) presented with a 1-day history of worsening shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain and was found to have a troponin T level of 3755 ng/L (ref. range 0–19 ng/L). An initial diagnostic workup in the emergency department (ED) led to an urgent l...

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Main Authors: Madeline Franke, Zeenat Safdar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2024-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/6725308