Pulmonary thromboemboli in smokers and nonsmokers; Risk factors and anatomic disturbution of emboli in CT angiographies

Abstract

Introduction: Recognition of risk factors in different high-risk groups such as smokers in comparison with non-high risk groups would help to develop good preventive strategies for pulmonary thromboemboli (PTE). The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare clinical findings and risk factors in smoker and nonsmoker patients with pulmonary thromboembolism and assessing anatomical variant in pulmonary computerized tomography angiographies.