Open AccessA diagnostic dilemma of syncope: a patient with chronic pulmonary embolism
Author(s) -
Yi Zhang,
Y. Zhang,
Jing Zhang
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0277
Subject(s) - medicine , syncope (phonology) , pulmonary embolism , cardiology , pulmonary vasculature , pulmonary heart disease , radiology , pulmonary hypertension
In the present report, the case of a 60-year-old man who presented with syncope secondary to chronic thromboemboli of the main pulmonary arteries and pulmonary arterioles is described.
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