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How Can Pulmonary Embolism Be Treated?
My sister is 80 and has had a previous Pulominary Embolism (4 years ago) and had had a stroke where the arteries in the back of head were affected (right totally blocked, left 60% blocked). She is taking Plavix only. Is it advisable for her to have a nuclear stress test to evaluate her heart under these conditions?
Tue, 12 Jun 2018
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Not at all that is not required and for pulmonary embolism anticoagulation a should be used and if it recurrently caval filter is advisable.
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Not at all that is not required and for pulmonary embolism anticoagulation a should be used and if it recurrently caval filter is advisable.
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