Incidence of asymptomatic pulmonary embolus following acute myocardial infarction.
In a consecutive series of 150 patients with acute myocardial infarction the incidence of pulmonary embolism in 100 of 116 early survivors was determined by radionuclide lung scanning. No patient had a clinically apparent pulmonary embolus. No scan showed a definite segmental pulmonary embolus. Three scans showed a high probability of subsegmental pulmonary embolus. These results show that pulmonary embolus is now an uncommon and minor problem following myocardial infarction.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging