The incidence of acute pulmonary embolism following syncope in anticoagulant-naïve patients: A retrospective cohort study.

The incidence of acute pulmonary embolism following syncope in anticoagulant-naïve patients: A retrospective cohort study.

A recently published, large prospective study showed unexpectedly high prevalence of acute pulmonary embolism (APE) among patients hospitalized for syncope. In such a case, a high incidence of recurrent pulmonary embolism is expected among patients who were discharged without APE workup.To determine...

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Main Authors: Danny Epstein, Gidon Berger, Noam Barda, Erez Marcusohn, Yuval Barak-Corren, Khitam Muhsen, Ran D Balicer, Zaher S Azzam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5841762?pdf=render

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