Advance in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism
Tan Y · Chinese Journal of New Clinical Medicine · 2011
The pulmonary embolism (PE) is a fatal illness, its clinical manifestation is of diversity, and lacks of the specificity. The rate of misdiagnosis of PE may reach as high as 70% ~ 90% , and the case fatality rate as high as 25% ~30% without being treated properly, while the case fatality rate may reduce to 6% ~8% if it can be cured properly. This article makes a summary on the current related diagnosis and treatment of the PE.