The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 10 , Pages 851-858 , October 2006

Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Congestive Heart Failure

  • Manuel Monreal, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed Manuel Monreal, PhD, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Juan Francisco Sanchez Muñoz-Torrero, MD

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain
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  • Virjanand S. Naraine, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Respirology, University of Toronto, Canada
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  • David Jiménez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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  • Silvia Soler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Sant Jaume, Gerona, Spain
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  • Ramón Rabuñal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Medicina Interna, Complejo Hospitalario Xeral-Calde, Lugo, Spain
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  • Pedro Gallego, MD

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital SAS de Jerez, Cádiz, Spain.
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  • RIETE Investigators

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 Supported by Sanofi-Aventis, Paris, France with an unrestricted educational grant, and partially supported by Red Respira from the Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain (RedRespira-ISCiii-RTIC-03/11).

 A full list of RIETE investigators is given in the Appendix.

PII: S0002-9343(06)00601-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.11.035

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 10 , Pages 851-858 , October 2006

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