Differential diagnostic dilemma between pulmonary embolism and acute coronary syndrome

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a frequent life-threatening condition in emergency departments. Careful diagnosis is important, and different diagnostic tests such as electrocardiogram (ECG), biochemical markers, echocardiogram, and computed tomography are required. Although ECG is a cheap and rapi...

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Autores principales: Gul, Enes Elvin, Nikus, Kjell C., Erdogan, Halil I., Ozdemir, Kurtulus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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ECG for Students and Associated Professionals
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4823566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27092202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2015.10.006
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description Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a frequent life-threatening condition in emergency departments. Careful diagnosis is important, and different diagnostic tests such as electrocardiogram (ECG), biochemical markers, echocardiogram, and computed tomography are required. Although ECG is a cheap and rapid diagnostic test for pulmonary embolism, it has some limitations in the differential diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome and acute PE. Herein, we report ECG results of a patient diagnosed with acute PE mimicking acute coronary syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-48235662016-04-18 Differential diagnostic dilemma between pulmonary embolism and acute coronary syndrome Gul, Enes Elvin Nikus, Kjell C. Erdogan, Halil I. Ozdemir, Kurtulus J Arrhythm ECG for Students and Associated Professionals Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a frequent life-threatening condition in emergency departments. Careful diagnosis is important, and different diagnostic tests such as electrocardiogram (ECG), biochemical markers, echocardiogram, and computed tomography are required. Although ECG is a cheap and rapid diagnostic test for pulmonary embolism, it has some limitations in the differential diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome and acute PE. Herein, we report ECG results of a patient diagnosed with acute PE mimicking acute coronary syndrome. Elsevier 2016-04 2015-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4823566/ /pubmed/27092202 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2015.10.006 Text en © 2015 Japanese Heart Rhythm Society. Published by Elsevier B.V. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Differential diagnostic dilemma between pulmonary embolism and acute coronary syndrome
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topic ECG for Students and Associated Professionals
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4823566/
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