Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with Unexplained Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  1. Grégoire Le Gal, MD; and
  2. Marc Righini, MD
  1. From Brest University Hospital, 29609 Brest Cedex, France, and Geneva University Hospital, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.

    TO THE EDITOR:

    We read with great interest the article by Tillie-Leblond and colleagues (1) on the prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are hospitalized for severe exacerbation of unknown origin. This paper deserves 2 comments.

    First, the authors reported that a low clinical probability as assessed by the Geneva …

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