Concomitant coronary and pulmonary embolism associated with patent foramen ovale: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

The differential diagnosis of acute chest pain is very important, and can sometimes be challenging. Related diseases share a number of risk factors, and occasionally, 1 condition causes another disease to develop.

Patient concerns

We described a 59-year-old man who presented to emergency department complaining of chest pain.

Diagnoses

He was suffered acute myocardial infarction (MI) and pulmonary embolism (PE) simultaneously.

Interventions

Dual antiplatelet therapy, statin, and low molecular weight heparin were administrated during his stay. The searches for cancers, autoimmune diseases, and hematologic diseases were unremarkable, ruling out a hypercoagulable state. Subsequent ultrasound scan revealed a thrombus in a vein of the lower left extremity.

SUBMITTER: Chen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6392996 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature