Recurrent Pulmonary Embolism and Cor Pulmonale

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Abstract
CONSIDERABLE progress has been made in recent years in the understanding of thromboembolic disease and also in the ability to diagnose acute pulmonary embolism. Radiologists have learned to interpret plain roentgenograms better and, in addition, to rely more on the newer documentary methods of pulmonary angiography and lung scanning. These advances are paralleled by a general, broader appreciation of the common occurrence of pulmonary embolism. Greater attention is presently being directed toward the frequent occurrence of chronic embolization and its sequelae, chronic hypertension and cor pulmonale.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The work of the radiologist is made difficult by the fact that he is . . .

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