Neurogenic and humoral vasoconstriction in acute pulmonary thromboembolism

Abstract:

Events during acute PE are complicated and difficult to distinguish from one another. A comprehensive understanding of PE in humans remains elusive, which is in part because of the inability to prospectively study early events in humans. In vitro work and animal models of experimental PE have contributed significantly to recent advances in our understanding the pathophysiology of this disease. Promising therapeutic strategies are on the horizon, but are difficult to test systematically in these critically ill patients. Acute PE remains the paragon of a disease for which prevention is infinitely better than treatment.

Año de publicación:

2003

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scopus