Air travel and pulmonary embolism: "economy class syndrome"
Bhatia, V.; Arora, P.; Parida, A.K.; Mittal, A.; Pandey, A.K.; Kaul, U.
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 57: 412-414
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772 PMID: 19634292 Document Number: 635985
Air travel is implicated as a predisposing factor for thromboembolism, which at times can have catastrophic consequences. We present three cases who developed deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and subsequent pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) after transatlantic air travel.
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