Clinical course and late prognosis of treated subacute massive, acute minor, and chronic pulmonary thromboembolism.
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Clinical course and late prognosis of treated subacute massive, acute minor, and chronic pulmonary thromboembolism.
Thirty-eight patients with pulmonary embolic disease, other than acute massive pulmonary embolism, have been assessed clinically and by right heart catheterisation and pulmonary arteriography or pulmonary embo-lectomy. In addition, completefollow-up information was obtained in 92 per cent (35) ofpatients 1 to 8 years after their initial illness. On the basis of the history and the pulmonary art...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1977
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.39.10.1135