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 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.
Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Enes Elvin
EE
Gul
Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
Kjell C
KC
Nikus
Department of Cardiology, Meram School of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
Halil I
HI
Erdogan
Department of Cardiology, Meram School of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
Kurtulus
K
Ozdemir
Acute coronary syndrome; Acute pulmonary embolism; ECG