Right atrial and pulmonary thromboembolism mimicking unstable angina.
Pulmonary thromboembolism is a potentially fatal disease characterized by a highly variable clinical presentation. Mortality rises dramatically with right atrial thromboembolism. In our case right atrial and pulmonary thromboembolism mimicked unstable angina. A high index of suspicion and early use of echocardiography can lead to the prompt diagnosis and timely treatment of this condition. Although the optimal treatment remains controversial, prompt therapeutic intervention is mandated by an otherwise poor prognosis.
Caravalho
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Department of Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Tex. 79920-5001.
Stoughton
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Martyak
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Pearl
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D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*