ABSTRACT
Pulmonary embolism is a disease with high mortality if left untreated, but early diagnosis and treatment are compromised on account of its variable and non-specific presentation. Although ventilation/perfusion scan is the widely used diagnostic modality of choice, in our opinion echocardiography, being an easily available and rapid bedside modality, can be used more frequently and e ffectively in the diagnosis and management of a suspected case of acute pulmonary embolism in a patient with normal hemodynamics as was evident in our case report
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Pulmonary Embolism/therapy , Echocardiography , Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio , Ventricular Dysfunction, Right , Hypertension, Pulmonary , Thrombolytic TherapyABSTRACT
We report the case of a young lady who presented with throtoxicosis secondary to viral thyroditis [De Quervain's thyroiditis]. She was also found to have sinus tachycardia with first degree heart block, which could not be accounted for by any other cause. We discuss whether beta blockers can be used in this situation