Air travel and pulmonary embolism: "economy class syndrome".

J Assoc Physicians India

Department of Cardiology, Fortis Hospital, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

Published: May 2009

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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