RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 How ECG can cause confusion in pulmonary embolism and how echocardiogram can help
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP e02
OP e02
DO 10.1136/emj.2003.011197
VO 23
IS 1
A1 U K Prasad
A1 K E Berkin
YR 2006
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/23/1/e02.abstract
AB A case of pulmonary embolism in which the diagnosis was aided by transthorasic echocardiography is described. Echocardiography may be helpful in emergency presentations, as ECG changes can be neither sensitive nor specific for the diagnosis of acute massive pulmonary embolism.