Chapter FourVenous Disease Coalition
Clinical Presentations of VTE
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Symptoms of VTE
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• Leg swelling• Leg pain• Arm swelling or pain• SVC syndrome
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Symptoms of PE
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• Sudden shortness of breath
• Gradual shortness of breath
• Pleuritic chest pain
• Hemoptysis
• Unexplained fever• Presyncope• Hypotension/
shock• Cardiac
arrest/death
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