Pulmonary embolism mortality in the United States, 1979-1998: an analysis using multiple-cause mortality data.

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Epidemiology of cancer-associated venous thrombosis. (2013, background): “Among patients from a large database comprised of Multiple-Cause Mortality Files from 1979 to 1998 in whomPEwas reported on the death certificates, 23%were reported to have cancer.(51) Causes of death according to the treating physician or death certificate may not be that reliable, and autopsy stud”
Time Trends in Pulmonary Embolism in the United States: Evidence of Overdiagnosis (2010, neutral): “The standard calculation of PE mortality includes all deaths in which PE is listed as a contributing cause of death rather than only cases in which it is reported as the underlying cause of death.(20) We followed this precedent for 2 reasons.”