Does the Incidence and Mortality of Pulmonary Thromboembolism Change Over the Years?

OZSU S. S., DURMUS Z. G., COŞKUNER M. B., BÜLBÜL Y., ÖZTUNA F., ÖZLÜ T.

TURKISH THORACIC JOURNAL, cilt.18, sa.3, ss.78-81, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/turkthoracj.2017.16050
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH THORACIC JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.78-81
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Pulmonary thromboembolism, heparin, thrombolytic, mortality, incidence, TIME TRENDS, EMBOLISM
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

OBJECTIVES: In the last 20 years, with the use of computed tomography (CT) angiography, the number of patients diagnosed with pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) has increased. At the same time, data show that pulmonary embolism mortality has also reduced in this duration.