Open AccessAcute pulmonary embolism concomitant with ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a patient with pancreatic cancer
Author(s) -
Wen-Hsien Lee,
Meng-Kuang Lee,
Chih-Tsung Liu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2332-7251
pISSN - 2332-7243
DOI - 10.5430/crim.v5n1p43
Subject(s) - medicine , concomitant , pulmonary embolism , cardiology , myocardial infarction , etiology , st elevation , lung cancer , pancreatic cancer , cancer
Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) have different etiology; however, PE might be concomitant with STEMI in rarely seen patient cases. Here, we present a 62-year-old male with pancreatic cancer who had acute PE and STEMI.