Acute, massive pulmonary embolism with right heart strain and hypoxia requiring emergent tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) infusion

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Jonathan Patane (مؤلف), Wirachin Hoonpongsimanont (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: eScholarship Publishing, University of California, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• الموضوعات: article
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History of present illness: A 63-year-old male presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath. He had a history of prostate cancer and two previous pulmonary embolisms, but was not currently on blood thinners. He had no associated chest pain at the time of presentation, but endorsed...