Occult Chronic Thromboembolic Disease in Patients Presenting for Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy.

CONCLUSIONS: In this cohort, the prevalence of acute on chronic thromboembolic disease was greater than 1 in 3. Readily available clinical and radiographic features were used to create a predictive tool for risk stratification. PMID: 31055039 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - May 1, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: DiChiacchio L, Pasrija C, Boulos FM, Ramani G, Jeudy J, Deatrick KB, Griffith BP, Kon ZN Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research