Pulmonary Embolism Incidence and Fatality Trends in Chinese Hospitals from 1997 to 2008: A Multicenter Registration Study

• Yuanhua Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yuanhua Yang, Lirong Liang

  Affiliations Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Lirong Liang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yuanhua Yang, Lirong Liang

  Affiliations Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Zhenguo Zhai,

  Affiliations Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Hangyong He,

  Affiliations Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Wanmu Xie,

  Affiliations Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Xiaoxia Peng ,

  * E-mail: cyh-birm@263.net (CW); niuniu@ccmu.edu.cn (XP)

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Municipal Key Lab of Clinical Epidemiology, Beijing, China

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• Chen Wang ,

  * E-mail: cyh-birm@263.net (CW); niuniu@ccmu.edu.cn (XP)

  Affiliations Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Hospital of the Ministry of Health, Beijing, China

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• on behalf of investigators for the National Cooperative Project for the Prevention and Treatment of PTE-DVT