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2013 121: 4443-4448 Prepublished online April 16, 2013; doi:10.1182/blood-2013-03-453050

How I diagnose acute pulmonary embolism

Menno V. Huisman and Frederikus A. Klok

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How I diagnose acute pulmonary embolism

Menno V. Huisman and Frederikus A. Klok

Department of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

The clinical diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is frequently considered in patients presenting to the emergency department or when hospitalized. Since symptoms are a-specific and the consequences of anticoagulant treatment are considerable, objective tests to either establish or refute the diagnosis have become a standard of care. Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography...