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Jul 2017
9m 57s

Pulmonary Embolism

Zack Olson, MD and Michael Estephan, MD
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Introduction Pulmonary embolism (PE) is caused when a deep venous thrombosis from somewhere else in the body “embolizes” and becomes lodged in the pulmonary arteries Can cause pulmonary infarction (which mimics pneumonia on chest x-ray) Basic Approach to the Diagnosis of PE Step 1: Consider PE in any patient with signs or symptoms consistent with […] 
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