Pulmonary Embolism After Endovascular Aortic Repair, a Retrospective Cohort Study.

CONCLUSIONS: This study, although preliminary, suggests that silent pulmonary embolism after EVAR occurs in approximately one in 10 patients, despite routine thrombo-embolism prophylaxis. Pulmonary embolism was associated with a higher 30 day mortality risk yet it was not the cause of death in any of these patients. PMID: 30348482 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: PubMed: Eur J Vasc Endovasc ... - October 20, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Grobben RB, Frima C, Nathoe HM, Leiner T, Kwakkel-van Erp JM, van Klei WA, Peelen LM, van Herwaarden JA Tags: Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg Source Type: research