PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | pulmonary embolism |
| Symptom | C0232197|fibrillation |
| Sentences | 4 |
| PubMedID- 24019755 | Such patientsinclude those with thrombophilias, prosthetic heart valves, presence of deep venous thrombosis orpulmonary embolism, and in patients with atrial fibrillation at risk for thromboembolism.1,2 alarge subset of patients taking this medication are those with atrial fibrillation and currentprojections show that in 2020 more than 7.5 million people in the united states will be diagnosedwith atrial fibrillation. |
| PubMedID- 22514566 | A relatively high incidence of pulmonary embolism among patients with chronic atrial fibrillation not treated with anticoagulants or with poorly controlled anticoagulation therapy was noted by different authors. |
| PubMedID- 26539271 | Long-term oral anticoagulation with warfarin or antiplatelet (aspirin, clopidogrel, and cilostazol) therapy has been used with increasing frequency, especially in the elderly, in order to prevent venous thromboembolism and subsequent pulmonary embolism, clot formation in patients with atrial fibrillation and mechanical heart valves, and coronary thrombosis in patients with atherosclerotic disease and those with coronary artery stents. |
| PubMedID- 22212132 | Is atrial fibrillation associated with pulmonary embolism. |
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