Pulmonary embolism presented by syncope in a low-risk patient: a case report [version 1; referees: 2 approved with reservations]

Pulmonary embolism, an emergency that can have fatal Introduction: consequences, can be presented with a common symptom that can be missed, such as syncope. We present a case of a young, low-risk male who Case presentation: presented with attacks of syncope and dyspnea followed by massive pulmonary embolism. We also review the pathophysiology of syncope in pulmonary embolism cases and strategy of how to work up with similar cases. Pulmonary embolism should be considered and excluded in Conclusion: every case of recurrent attacks of syncope. Ayman K M Hassan ( ) Corresponding author: [email protected] Othman AAA, Tohamy AM and Hassan AKM. How to cite this article: Pulmonary embolism presented by syncope in a low-risk patient: a 2013, :257 (doi: ) case report [version 1; referees: 2 approved with reservations] F1000Research 2 10.12688/f1000research.2-257.v1 © 2013 Othman AAA . This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the , Copyright: et al Creative Commons Attribution Licence which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Data associated with the article are available under the terms of the (CC0 1.0 Public domain dedication). Creative Commons Zero "No rights reserved" data waiver The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work. Grant information: Competing interests: No competing interests were disclosed. 25 Nov 2013, :257 (doi: ) First published: 2 10.12688/f1000research.2-257.v1 1 2