The need for anticoagulation therapy (AC) in patients with subsegmental pulmonary embolism (SSPE) diagnosed by computed tomography of the pulmonary arteries (CTPA) has been questioned, as these patients run low risk for recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) during 3 months of follow-up. Whether this applies also to patients with small PE diagnosed with pulmonary scintigraphy has not yet been evaluated, however.We therefore retrospectively evaluated 54 patients (mean age 62 ± 19 years, 36 [67
作者：R, Ghazvinian；A, Gotts?ter；J, Elf
来源：Thrombosis journal 2016 年 14卷
