Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis in Patients Hospitalized With Syncope | Zendy

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Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis in Patients Hospitalized With Syncope

Author(s) -

Amol A. Verma,

Hassan Masoom,

Shail Rawal,

Yishan Guo,

Fahad Razak

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

jama internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14

H-Index - 342

eISSN - 2168-6114

pISSN - 2168-6106

DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.1246

Subject(s) - medicine , syncope (phonology) , pulmonary embolism , venous thrombosis , thrombosis , cardiology , venous thromboembolism , intensive care medicine

Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis in Patients Hospitalized With Syncope: A Multicenter Cross-sectional Study in Toronto, Ontario, Canada The prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) among patients hospitalized with syncope is uncertain. The recently published Pulmonary Embolism in Syncope Italian Trial (PESIT)1 systematically evaluated patients hospitalized with a first episode of syncope and determined that 17.3% had a PE. It is not known how commonly patients hospitalized with syncope are investigated for PE or deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in routine practice.

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