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Descriptor English: Pulmonary Embolism
Descriptor Spanish: Embolia Pulmonar
Descriptor embolia pulmonar
Entry term(s) tromboembolia pulmonar
tromboembolismo pulmonar
Scope note: Bloqueo de la ARTERIA PULMONAR o de una de sus ramas por un ÉMBOLO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Embolia Pulmonar
Descriptor French: Embolie pulmonaire
Entry term(s): Embolism, Pulmonary
Embolisms, Pulmonary
Pulmonary Embolisms
Pulmonary Thromboembolism
Pulmonary Thromboembolisms
Thromboembolism, Pulmonary
Thromboembolisms, Pulmonary
Tree number(s): C08.381.746
C14.907.355.350.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011655
Scope note: Blocking of the PULMONARY ARTERY or one of its branches by an EMBOLUS.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Entry Version: PULM EMBOLISM
DeCS ID: 12092
Unique ID: D011655
NLM Classification: WG 420
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Pulmonary Embolism - Preferred
Concept UI M0018126
Scope note Blocking of the PULMONARY ARTERY or one of its branches by an EMBOLUS.
Preferred term Pulmonary Embolism
Entry term(s) Embolism, Pulmonary
Embolisms, Pulmonary
Pulmonary Embolisms
Pulmonary Thromboembolisms - Narrower
Concept UI M0018128
Preferred term Pulmonary Thromboembolisms
Entry term(s) Pulmonary Thromboembolism
Thromboembolism, Pulmonary
Thromboembolisms, Pulmonary



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