/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9242/all en /newsroom/channels/news/long-term-limitations-imposed-patients-pulmonary-embolism-267182 <p>A multi-centre clinical study, led by Dr. Susan Kahn at the Jewish General Hospital (JGH), determined that nearly half of the patients who suffer a pulmonary embolism (PE) – a blood clot in the lung – experience long term limitations to their capacity for physical activity and that this had a negative impact on their quality of life. This research, published in <em>Chest</em>, is the first to demonstrate that PE may have a lasting effect on patients.</p> Mon, 20 Mar 2017 18:10:22 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26789 at /newsroom