Agnogenic massive pulmonary embolism with syncope as initial symptom: A case report and review of the literature

Pulmonary embolism may escape prompt diagnosis since clinical symptoms and signs are nonspecific. The occurrence of syncope as the sole initial symptom in a previously healthy patient with no predisposing factors to embolism and no hemodynamic instability is extremely rare, which may have been a fac...

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Main Authors: JIANG, AI-GUI, LU, HUI-YU
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: D.A. Spandidos 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671823/