Learning from errors
A diagnostic dilemma of syncope: a patient with chronic pulmonary embolism
1 Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, HangZhou, 310003, China
2 Intensive Care Unit, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, HangZhou, China
3 Respiratory Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, HangZhou, China
Correspondence to:
Yejing Zhang, zyjing68{at}yahoo.com.cn
In the present report, the case of a 60-year-old man who presented with syncope secondary to chronic thromboemboli of the main pulmonary arteries and pulmonary arterioles is described.
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