• Mert İlker Hayıroğlu, Emrah Bozbeyoğlu, Şükrü Akyüz, Özlem Yıldırımtürk, Mehmet Bozbay, Nijad Bakhshaliyev, Emir Renda, Gülay Gök, Mehmet Eren, and Seçkin Pehlivanoğlu.
• Department of Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: mertilkerh@yahoo.com.
• Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Jul 1;33(7):984.e5-7.

AbstractAcute myocardial infarction (MI) and pulmonary embolism canal one lead to life-threatening conditions such as sudden cardiac death and congestive heart failure. We discuss a case of a 74-year-old man presented to the emergency department with acute dyspnea and chest pain. Acute anterior MI and pulmonary embolism concomitantly were diagnosed. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention performed because of preliminary acute anterior MI diagnosis. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed to determine further complications caused by acute MI because patient had a continuous tachycardia and dyspnea although hemodynamically stable. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a thrombus that was stuck into the patent foramen ovale with parts in right and left atria. Anticoagulation therapy was started; neither fibrinolytic therapy nor operation was performed because of low survey expectations of the patient's recently diagnosed primary disease stage IV lung cancer. Patient was discharged on his 20th day with oral anticoagulation and antiagregant therapy.

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