Diagnosis of venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

Venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are closely related disorders. As many as 70 to 80% of patients with pulmonary embolism have associated proximal deep venous thrombosis. The clinical diagnosis alone of both venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism is inaccurate because of the insensitivity and nonspecificity of findings, a problem that also occurs with a variety of other disorders. Invasive, objective tests are still the reference …