Canadian Health&Care Mall: Evaluation of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension After Acute Pulmonary Embolism
We reviewed a series of 17 consecutive patients demonstrated to have persistent pulmonary hypertension after acute massive, submassive, or recurrent PE between January 2005 and July 2006. None of these patients had significant cardiopulmonary disease or evidence of malignancy at the time of diagnosis of PE and thereafter. All patients…