TRANSIENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WITH SYNCOPE

Abstract

(This article may be cited as Mamidala S, Qatipi M, Bajaj R. Transient atrial fibrillation with syncope as presentation in pulmonary embolism. E-Journal of Cardiology 2013; 3(1):1-8.)

Syncope is easy to detect, but difficult to ascertain a specific cause in most of the cases. It is an uncommon presenting symptom of pulmonary embolism (PE) and is a symptom consigned to oblivion in the diagnosis of this life threatening condition because of the difficult correlation to make. Pulmonary embolism when masquerading as syncope tends to have high fatality rate. While syncope is an unusual presentation of pulmonary embolism, transient atrial fibrillation occurring in this setting is rare.