BOSTON — Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at an increased risk for fatal pulmonary embolism (PE) and may require personalized, targeted thromboprophylaxis.

Search terms for VTE, which included "pulmonary embolism," "PE," "thromboembolism," or "venous thromboembolism" were combined with those for COPD, which included "COPD," "COPD exacerbation ...

Abnormal lung scans obtained from patients with pulmonary embolism, pulmonary tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and carcinoma of the lung were analyzed in an attempt to classify ...