Association between serum calcium and prognosis in patients with acute pulmonary embolism and the optimization of pulmonary embolism severity index

Abstract Introduction Calcium is an important coagulation factor and hypocalcemia is related to progression and poor prognosis of many cardiopulmonary diseases. However, influence of hypocalcemia on pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) prognosis has never been reported. This study aimed to explore its pr...

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Main Authors: Xin Wang, Yongbo Xiang, Ting Zhang, Yuqing Yang, Xuefeng Sun, Juhong Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-020-01565-z