Pulmonary Embolism Mimicking Pneumonia in a HIV Patient

Recent studies have shown an increased risk of arterial and venous vascular diseases in HIV patients, pulmonary thromboembolism being one of them. HIV-infected individuals may have procoagulants predisposing them to thromboembolism. Patients with thromboembolism may have a clinical presentation mim...

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Main Authors: Vivek Nagaraja, Joel A. Terriquez, Hemanth Gavini, Lokesh Jha, Stephen A. Klotz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/394546
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