title: A history of pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis.
abstract: Although enormous progress has been made in understanding the physiology of pulmonary embolism, developing new diagnostic modalities and strategies, and constant refinement in the use of heparin therapy and thrombolytic therapy, venous thromboembolism remains a common and lethal process. As the history of this disease illustrates, advances continue to be made and it is anticipated that with newer diagnostic studies and anticoagulants under development, diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism will continue to improve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA. kew@medicine.wisc.edu
authors.forename: Kenneth E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000266:history; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000266:history / Q000627:therapeutic use; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000266:history; D003422:Critical Care / Q000266:history; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000266:history; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000266:history; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation; D005060:Europe; D006493:Heparin / Q000266:history / Q000627:therapeutic use; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D055420:Perfusion Imaging / Q000266:history; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000266:history; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000266:history; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000266:history; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin