Reperfusion in acute pulmonary thromboembolism
ABSTRACT Acute pulmonary thromboembolism (APTE) is a highly prevalent condition (104-183 cases per 100,000 person-years) and is potentially fatal. Approximately 20% of patients with APTE are hypotensive, being considered at high risk of death. In such patients, immediate lung reperfusion is necessar...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
2018-06-01
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Series: | Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132018005001101&lng=en&tlng=en |