Pulmonary embolism

Author: Liu Zhihong Tang Zhen Jiang Xiaojie
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book combines text and illustrations, comprehensively and systematically discussing fundamental and clinical knowledge of pulmonary embolism. It covers epidemiology, risk factors, natural history, and prognosis of pulmonary embolism; pathology and pathophysiology of pulmonary embolism; imaging techniques, radionuclide imaging, and the application of Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism; clinical manifestations, differential diagnosis, clinical classification, and corresponding treatment methods for pulmonary embolism. It provides detailed introductions to thrombolysis, anticoagulation, interventional therapy, and surgical treatment of pulmonary embolism. Special issues such as the diagnosis and treatment of upper extremity deep vein thrombosis, the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism during pregnancy, paradoxical embolism, and the nursing care of pulmonary embolism are also systematically and comprehensively discussed. The intended readers include internists, cardiovascular surgeons, thoracic surgeons, and pulmonologists.