Abstract
Pulmonary embolism (PE), an uncommon diagnosis in pediatric patients, is a life-threatening condition with significant morbidity and mortality. PE in the pediatric population is a relatively rare occurrence and consequently, exists very little content in the medical literature regarding the epidemiology, clinical manifestation, and management of the child. The morbidity and mortality relating to undiagnosed PE in this population are just dismal, because of long period without of clinical manifestation that often may be present in children. Most of the current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches have been extrapolated from adult data. The most difficult problem is still the correct
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About the authors
- Sergey V. Gorbachevsky, Dr. Med. Sci., Professor, Chief Researcher, Professor of Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery; ORCID
- Mikhail A. Grenaderov, Cardiovascular Surgeon; ORCID
- Marianna V. Belkina, Cand. Med. Sci., Senior Researcher; ORCID
