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Natural history of pulmonary embolism

James E. Dalen, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1975 - 
- Vol. 17, Iss: 4, pp 259-270
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A full understanding of the natural history of pulmonary embolism is elusive at the present time because many basic facts are either uncertain or unknown as mentioned in this paper, which makes it very difficult to classify the primary cause of death in patients in whom pulmonary embolness occurs as a fatal complication of other diseases.
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This article is published in Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases.The article was published on 1975-01-01. It has received 978 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pulmonary embolism & Population.

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A population-based perspective of the hospital incidence and case-fatality rates of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. The Worcester DVT Study

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The hemodynamic response to pulmonary embolism in patients without prior cardiopulmonary disease

TL;DR: The hemodynamic status of 20 patients free of prior cardiopulmonary disease was related to the degree of pulmonary embolic obstruction estimated by selective pulmonary angiography, suggesting that angiographically detectable emboli virtually do not occur without producing systemic hypoxemia.
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Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism

Simon Sevitt
TL;DR: Techniques of venous thrombosis clinical features phlebography pathology of pulmonary embolism radiology and lung scanning in diagnosis prevention medical treatment and chronic venous insufficiency are presented.
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Resolution Rate of Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Man

TL;DR: In patients with definite angiographic evidence of embolism involving both lungs, and treated with heparin or venous ligation or both, sequential studies showed only minimalAngiographic and hemodynamic signs of resolution at seven days.
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