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Pulmonary Embolism as a Cause of Death in Patients With Heart Disease

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1 Pulmonary Embolism as a Cause of Death in Patients With Heart Disease
Pulido Tomás , MD, Aranda Alberto , MD, Zevallos Marco Antonio , MD, Bautista Edgar , MD, FCCP, Martínez-Guerra Maria Luisa , MD, Santos Luis Efrén , MD, MSc, FCCP, Sandoval Julio , MD  CHEST  Volume 129, Issue 5, Pages (May 2006) DOI: /chest Copyright © 2006 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Percentage of massive PE from the total number of autopsies according to age intervals in the medical (white columns) and surgical (black columns) groups. Note the high prevalence of massive PE in the group of patients < 10 years old. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 2006 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions


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