| Heart disease in patients with pulmonary embolism. | |
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PMID: 20531195 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Several heart diseases are promoters of left-side cardiac thrombosis and could lead to arterial embolism. The same mechanism may be responsible for right-side cardiac thrombosis and therefore be a direct source of pulmonary embolism. RECENT FINDINGS: Yasuoka et al. showed a higher incidence of perfusion defects in lung scan in patients with spontaneous echocontrast in the right atrium than in those without it (40% and 7% respectively; P=0.006). We recently assessed the prevalence of heart diseases in 11.236 consecutive patients older than 60 years discharged from Venetian hospitals with a diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. We observed a higher prevalence of all-cause heart diseases (odds ratio 1.26; 95% confidence interval, 1.13-1.40) in patients with a diagnosis of pulmonary embolism alone (secondary or unprovoked) compared with those discharged with a diagnosis of pulmonary embolism associated with deep vein thrombosis, generating the hypothesis that some specific heart diseases in older patients could themselves be a possible source of pulmonary emboli. SUMMARY: Further prospective studies are required to confirm these findings, which have the potential to open new horizons for the interpretation and management of venous thromboembolic disease. |
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Authors:
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Raffaele Pesavento; Chiara Piovella; Paolo Prandoni |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Current opinion in pulmonary medicine Volume: 16 ISSN: 1531-6971 ISO Abbreviation: Curr Opin Pulm Med Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-07-30 Completed Date: 2010-12-01 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9503765 Medline TA: Curr Opin Pulm Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 415-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Sciences, 2nd Chair of Internal Medicine, Thromboembolism Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. r.pesavento@libero.it |
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Aged Aged, 80 and over Heart Diseases / complications*, physiopathology Humans Italy Middle Aged Prevalence Pulmonary Embolism / epidemiology*, physiopathology Risk Factors Venous Thrombosis / complications, physiopathology |
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