PART 11: Disorders of the Respiratory System
SECTION 2 Diseases of the Respiratory System
262 Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Thromboembolism
 | Figure 262-1 How to decide whether diagnostic imaging is needed. For assessment of clinical likelihood, see |
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 | Figure 262-2 Acute popliteal DVT on venous ultrasound in a 56-year-old man receiving chemotherapy for lung cancer. |
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 | Figure 262-3 Large bilateral proximal PE on a coronal chest CT image in a 54-year-old man with lung cancer and brain metastases. He had developed sudden onset of chest heaviness and shortness of breath while at home. There are filling defects in the main and segmental pulmonary arteries bilaterally... |
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 | Figure 262-4 Imaging tests to diagnose DVT and PE. |
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 | Figure 262-5 Acute management of pulmonary thromboembolism. RV, right ventricular; IVC, inferior vena cava. |
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