Long-term limitations imposed on patients with pulmonary embolism
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 08:32
in Health & Medicine
Nearly half of the patients who suffer a pulmonary embolism (PE) -- a blood clot in the lung -- experience long term limitations to their capacity for physical activity and that this had a negative impact on their quality of life, a multi-centre clinical study has determined. This research is the first to demonstrate that PE may have a lasting effect on patients.