Clinical presentation and outcomes in elderly patients with symptomatic isolated subsegmental pulmonary embolism

Stoller, Nina; Limacher, Andreas; Méan, Marie; Baumgartner, Christine; Tritschler, Tobias; Righini, Marc Philip; Beer, Jürg-Hans; Rodondi, Nicolas; Aujesky, Drahomir

doi:10.1016/j.thromres.2019.10.008

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Clinical presentation and outcomes in elderly patients with symptomatic isolated subsegmental pulmonary embolism

ContributorsStoller, Nina; Limacher, Andreas; Méan, Marie; Baumgartner, Christine; Tritschler, Tobias; Righini, Marc Philip; Beer, Jürg-Hans; Rodondi, Nicolas; Aujesky, Drahomir

Published inThrombosis Research, vol. 184, p. 24-30

Publication date2019

Abstract

Data are limited on clinical presentation and outcomes in elderly patients with acute symptomatic isolated subsegmental pulmonary embolism (SSPE). We compared clinical presentation, risk factors, processes of care, and outcomes between elderly patients with SSPE and patients with more proximal pulmonary embolism (PE).

Keywords

Aged
Anticoagulants
Patient outcome assessment
Pulmonary embolism
Venous thromboembolism

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research group

La maladie thromboembolique veineuse (808)

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation - 33CSCO-122659/139470
Swiss National Science Foundation - Development of a novel, easy-to-use risk assessment model for predicting venous thromboembolism in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients [P2ZHP3_177999]

Citation (ISO format)

STOLLER, Nina et al. Clinical presentation and outcomes in elderly patients with symptomatic isolated subsegmental pulmonary embolism. In: Thrombosis Research, 2019, vol. 184, p. 24–30. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2019.10.008

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PID : unige:136503
DOI : 10.1016/j.thromres.2019.10.008
PMID : 31683107

ISSN of the journal0049-3848

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