Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics of pulmonary embolism patients from different altitudes in plateau areas.Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study was used to analyze the patients with acute pulm...Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics of pulmonary embolism patients from different altitudes in plateau areas.Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study was used to analyze the patients with acute pulmonary embolism diagnosed definitely by pulmonary angiography or pulmonary artery CT angiography admitted to Tibet Autonomous Region People s Hospital from August 2014 to December 2018.The subjects were divided into 3 groups according to the altitude of long-term residence before onset,i.e.low-altitude group(group 1,2700 m≤altitude≤3700 m,n=44),medium-altitude group(group 2,3700 m<altitude≤4000 m,n=30)and high altitude group(group 3,4000 m<altitude≤4800 m,n=32).展开更多
文摘Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics of pulmonary embolism patients from different altitudes in plateau areas.Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study was used to analyze the patients with acute pulmonary embolism diagnosed definitely by pulmonary angiography or pulmonary artery CT angiography admitted to Tibet Autonomous Region People s Hospital from August 2014 to December 2018.The subjects were divided into 3 groups according to the altitude of long-term residence before onset,i.e.low-altitude group(group 1,2700 m≤altitude≤3700 m,n=44),medium-altitude group(group 2,3700 m<altitude≤4000 m,n=30)and high altitude group(group 3,4000 m<altitude≤4800 m,n=32).