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European Heart Journal 1987 8(4):360-361;
Copyright © 1987 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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© 1987 The European Society of Cardiology

Incidence of asymptomatic pulmonary embolus following acute myocardial infarction

A. J. McCANCE*, and D. N. TAYLOR{dagger}

*Department of Cardiology, Walsgrave Hospital Coventry CV2 2DX, U.K.
{dagger}Department of Medical Physics, Walsgrave Hospital Coventry CV2 2DX, U.K.

Received 21 July 1986; revised 2 October 1986; .

Address for correspondence: Dr. A. J. McCance, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, England

Abstract

In a consecutive series of 150 patients with acute myocardial infarction the incidence of pulmonary embolism in 100 of 116 early survivors was determined by radionuclide lung scanning. No patient had a clinically apparent pulmonary embolus. No scan showed a definite segmental pulmonary embolus. Three scans showed a high probability of subsegmental pulmonary embolus. These results show that pulmonary embolus is now an uncommon and minor problem following myocardial infarction.

Key Words: Pulmonary embolus • myocardial infarction • radionuclide lung scanning


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