Syncope and Dyspnea and Pulmonary Embolism.
Failure to recognize ECG features consistent with acute cor pulmonale in a man with new onset syncope and dyspnea resulted in death from undiagnosed pulmonary emboli.
Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. Electronic address: dglanc@lsuhsc.edu.
David Luke
DL
Glancy
D000208:Acute Disease; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications*; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*