RT Book, Section
A1 Fedullo, Peter F.
A1 Yung, Gordon L.
A2 Grippi, Michael A.
A2 Elias, Jack A.
A2 Fishman, Jay A.
A2 Kotloff, Robert M.
A2 Pack, Allan I.
A2 Senior, Robert M.
A2 Siegel, Mark D.
SR Print(0)
ID 1122362776
T1 Pulmonary Thromboembolic Disease
T2 Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 5e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179672-9
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1122362776
RD 2024/04/25
AB Pulmonary  thromboembolic  disease  refers  to  the  condition  in  which  blood  clot(s)  (thrombus  or  multiple  thrombi)  migrate  from  the  systemic  circulation  to  the  pulmonary  vasculature.  Most  of  these  thrombi  arise  from  the  deep  veins  of  the  lower  and  upper  extremities  (deep  venous  thrombosis  [DVT]).  From  the  clinical  standpoint,  DVT  and  pulmonary  embolism  (PE)  can  be  considered  a  continuum  of  the  same  disease,  and  the  two  terms  are  often  collectively  referred  to  as  venous  thromboembolism.