Long-term prognosis of treated acute massive pulmonary embolism.
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Long-term prognosis of treated acute massive pulmonary embolism.
Seventy-two patients surviving initial treatment by pulmonary embolectomy, streptokinase, or heparin for acute massive pulmonary embolism have been reviewed 1 to 9 years later. Of these patients, 17 had additional cardiorespiratory disease. There were 12 late deaths (41% of those patients with, and 9% of those patients without additional cardiorespiratory disease). No death was due to chronic p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1977
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.39.10.1128