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  • Title: Air travel and pulmonary embolism: "economy class syndrome".
    Author: Bhatia V, Arora P, Parida AK, Mittal A, Pandey AK, Kaul U.
    Journal: J Assoc Physicians India; 2009 May; 57():412-4. PubMed ID: 19634292.
    Abstract:
    Air travel is implicated as a predisposing factor for thromboembolism, which at times can have catastrophic consequences. We present three cases who developed deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and subsequent pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) after transatlantic air travel.
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