Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in patients classified as acute, ...

These measures, however, have been directed primarily toward preventing pulmonary embolism rather than at influencing the immediate effects of the emboli themselves, and little progress has been ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of the main artery of the lung or one of its branches by a substance that has travelled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism).

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