[Pulmonary embolism mimicking acute coronary syndrome].

Pan Afr Med J

Service de Cardiologie, CHU Mohammed VI, Faculté de Médecine, Université Mohammed Premier, Oujda, Maroc.

Published: September 2019

Pulmonary embolism is an acute and severe medical condition. Its clinical characteristics are not pathognomonic and can mimick other medico-surgical emergencies. We report the case of a patient admitted with a clinical manifestation of acute coronary syndrome with electrical changes and elevation in cardiac enzymes without abnormal substrate on the coronarography, enabling diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.75.18355DOI Listing

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