title: Acute pulmonary embolism being the first presentation of undetected HIV infection: report of two cases.
abstract: Though HIV infection is considered as a hypercoagulable state, but occurrence of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is rare and usually seen in the advanced stage of the disease. PE as a presentation in a case where there is no previous history of having HIV infection is very rare; a Medline search revealed only one case reported previously. We describe two cases who presented with acute PE and were treated; they were subsequently diagnosed as having HIV infection.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences & Research, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore , Karnataka 560069, India. dr_soumyapatra@rediffmail.com
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Patra
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Nagesh
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Reddy
authors: B C
authors: BC
authors: Srinivas
authors: C N
authors: CN
authors: Manjunath
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Hegde
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D013300:Streptokinase
keywords: AIDS; HIV; diagnosis; hypercoagulable state; pulmonary embolism