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Article: DVT often implicated in pulmonary embolism: keep in mind the role of the lower-extremity venous system as the prime source of pulmonary embolism.
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- Internal Medicine News
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- January 15, 2006
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NICE, FRANCE -- When pulmonary embolism is suspected, clinicians also should be looking for thromboembolic disease in the venous system, Dr. Christian J. Herold said at the annual meeting of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe.
"In my experience, there is limited awareness regarding the role of the lower extremity venous system as the prime source of pulmonary embolism," said Dr. Herold, a radiologist at the University of Vienna Medical Center. Pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis are components of the same thromboembolic disease complex, Dr. Herold stressed. He said as many as 70% of patients with proven pulmonary ...