Until new evidence becomes available, we believe that a routine diagnostic strategy for
pulmonary embolism is not appropriate for patients with acute exacerbations of COPD …

Background and Objective The prevalence of venous thrombus embolism (VTE) in patients
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is higher than in patients without COPD …

Introduction Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD)
increases the risk of pulmonary embolism (PE). AECOPD and PE have similar symptoms …

Background The prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) is approximately 11–17% in
patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AE-COPD) …

Background Acute exacerbations (AEs) of COPD are increasingly recognized as episodes of
heightened risk of cardiovascular events. It is not known whether exacerbation history is …

Objective To explore the role of HIF-1α in hypercoagulable state of COPD induced by
lipopolysaccharide plus smoking in rats. It also has to explore the regulatory mechanism of …

Background The real prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation (COPDe) remains largely unknown, especially …

Patients with chronic cardiopulmonary pathologies have an increased risk of developing
venous thromboembolic events. The worsening of dyspnoea is a frequent occurrence and …

Patients suffering from acute exacerbations of COPD are already very sick from their
respiratory disease. The last thing they need is to develop new acute cardiovascular events …

Objective The study aimed to investigate the impact of mucus plugs on the localization of
clots in pulmonary embolisms among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …