Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism: What Have We Learned in the Last 50 Years?

In 1967, Lewis Dexter, a Harvard professor at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and an expert on the pulmonary circulation, was asked to write a paper on the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism. He asked one of his fellows (JED) to assist him, and the paper was published in Disease a Month in 1967; 52 years ago.1Dalen JE Dexter L. Diagnosis and management of massive pulmonary embolism.Disease a month. 1967; 13: 1-34Crossref Scopus (7)...