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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2024-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Pulmonology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/6725308 |