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Pulmonary Embolism
Pneumologie. 2021 Oct;75(10):800-818. doi: 10.1055/a-1029-9937. Epub 2021 Oct 18.ABSTRACTPulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening disease and the third most frequent cardiovascular cause of death after stroke and myocardial infarction. The annual incidence is increasing (in Germany from 85 cases per 100000 population in the year 2005 to 109 cases per 100000 population in the year 2015). The individual risk for PE-related complications and death increases with the number of comorbidities and severity of right ventricular dysfunction. Using clinical, laboratory and imaging parameters, patients with PE can be stratified ...
Source: Pneumologie - October 18, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Lukas Hobohm Mareike Lankeit Source Type: research