Three Cases of Pulmonary Thromboembolism After Air Travel; So-Called Economy Class Syndrome.
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Air travel and pulmonary embolism: "economy class syndrome".
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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عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Kyukyu Igakukai Zasshi
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1883-3772,0915-924X
DOI: 10.3893/jjaam.12.481