Open AccessAbnormal chest x-ray postmyocardial infarction
Author(s) -
Ahmed Abuosa,
Ayman H EL-Sheikh,
Abdulhalim Jamal Kinsara
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
heart views
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-5123
pISSN - 1995-705X
DOI - 10.4103/1995-705x.151086
Subject(s) - medicine , fibrinolytic therapy , myocardial infarction , complication , pulmonary infarction , pulmonary hemorrhage , cardiology , infarction , radiology , lung
Pulmonary hemorrhage is a rare complication of fibrinolytic therapy. Only a few cases are reported in the literature. We present a patient who had myocardial infarction, treated with fibrinolytic therapy and developed pulmonary hemorrhage. We discuss the features that suggest and support the diagnosis.