TY - JOUR T1 - Asthma and risk of pulmonary thromboembolism JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 1534 LP - 1535 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00157813 VL - 43 IS - 5 AU - Wan-Jie Gu AU - Jing-Chen Liu Y1 - 2014/05/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/43/5/1534.abstract N2 - To the Editor:We read with interest the article by Chung [1] about the risk of pulmonary thromboembolism in asthmatic patients. This nationwide population cohort study suggests that the risk of developing pulmonary thromboembolism significantly is increased in asthmatic patients compared to those of the general population, with a multivariable-adjusted hazard ratio of 3.24 (95% CI 1.74–6.01). The authors considered that as … ER -