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ALONSO HERRERA, Alain; NAPOLES LIZANO, Mario E.; IBANEZ AZAN, Rafael A.  y  RODRIGUEZ LEON, Arnaldo. Pulmonary embolism simulating non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome. CorSalud [online]. 2021, vol.13, n.3, pp. 381-385.  Epub 01-Sep-2021. ISSN 2078-7170.

Pulmonary embolism takes place as a consequence of the migration of a thrombus towards the pulmonary vascular tree. Patients frequently report chest pain that can mimic an acute coronary syndrome. We present the case of a 57-year-old patient who came to the emergency department with acute chest pain and dyspnea. He was diagnosed as a non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome, due to the electrocardiographic changes that he presented at admission, but the echocardiographic findings showed increased pulmonary pressures, and the invasive coronary angiography, normal coronary arteries; therefore, a pulmonary angiography with multislice tomography was performed, which confirmed the diagnosis of bilateral pulmonary embolism.

Palabras clave : Thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; Electrocardiography; Computed tomography angiography.

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