Pulmonary embolism incidence and fatality trends in chinese hospitals from 1997 to 2008: a multicenter registration study.

BACKGROUND: There has not been sufficient evidence to support the Asians being less susceptible to pulmonary embolism (PE) than other ethnicities, because the prevalence of PE/deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in different racial and ethnic groups has not been carefully studied until recently except in C...

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Main Authors: Yuanhua Yang, Lirong Liang, Zhenguo Zhai, Hangyong He, Wanmu Xie, Xiaoxia Peng, Chen Wang, Investigators for National Cooperative Project for Prevention and Treatment of PTE-DVT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3206059?pdf=render