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Published 17 May 2009
Cite this as: BMJ Case Reports 2009 [doi:10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0277]
Copyright © 2009 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Learning from errors

A diagnostic dilemma of syncope: a patient with chronic pulmonary embolism

Yejing Zhang1, Yuntao Zhang2, Jianli Zhang3

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

SUMMARY

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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