British Medical Journal
In this study (n=84,439), the effectiveness of thrombolytic therapy in clinical practice was comparable with that shown in clinical trials, with a clear association between time to treatment and functional outcome. Therapy >4.5 hrs was associated with an increase in mortality.
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
This review looks at the diagnosis and treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, a debilitating and life-threatening complication of acute pulmonary embolism that results from persistent obstruction of pulmonary arteries and progressive vascular remodelling.
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