Department of Cardiology, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Kancheepuram, India, in December 2012, with a history of exertional chest pain relieved by rest for the past three months. Electrocardiogram showed ST/T wave changes in leads I, V6 and AVL suggesting lateral ischaemia. No significant past medical or surgical history was present. Transthoracic echocardiography showed mildly decreas...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary embolism has become the third most common cardiovascular disease, which can seriously harm human health. OBJECTIVES To investigate the diagnostic value of dual-source computerized tomography (CT) and perfusion imaging for peripheral pulmonary embolism. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-two patients with suspected pulmonary embolism underwent dual-source CT exams. To compare t...

Rev Esp Cardiol. 2010;63(2):240-52 241 aneurysm.4,5 High resolution computerized tomography (CT) or resonance angiography permit evaluation of the trunk and its branches.5,6 Etiologies like syphilis, tuberculosis, and collagenopathies should also be considered. Generally, the distinctive pathology of aortic aneurysms leads to a different management approach.4 Even if it is unclear, surgery is i...

Sagar A-ES, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-223503 Description A 38-year-old woman underwent an outpatient L5/S1 discectomy. The procedure was complicated by intraoperative bleeding, and haemostasis was achieved using a thrombin-based haemostatic matrix (TBHM). She presented to our facility on postoperative day 5 with left-sided chest pain and dyspnoea. CT pulmonary angiography (...

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is the only potentially curable form of pulmonary hypertension. Rapid and accurate diagnosis is pivotal for successful treatment. Clinical signs and symptoms can be nonspecific and risk factors such as history of venous thromboembolism may not always be present. Echocardiography is the recommended first diagnostic step. Cardiopulmonary exerc...

Pulmonary embolism is considered as a great masquerader due to its frequent nonspecific signs and symptoms. Typically pulmonary embolism is under-diagnosed or over-diagnosed. In this study a patient with pulmonary embolism is reported in which the patient exhibited two unusual manifestations namely; right upper quadrant abdominal pain and ST-T elevation in anterior precordial leads. Due to the ...

No single non invasive test has sufficient diagnostic accuracy to be used alone for diagnosing or ruling out pulmonary embolism. Therefore, modern diagnostic strategies for pulmonary embolism rely on combinations of non invasive tests such as plasma D-dimer measurement, lower limb venous compression ultrasonography, ventilation-perfusion lung scan and/or spiral CT, the results of which should b...