[The pulmonary thromboembolism problem: the means for its resolution in a general clinical hospital]

The article summarizes the results of clinical examination of 992 patients with thromboembolism of lung artery (TLA), its etiology, frequency of development and risk factors. The author describes clinical symptoms of TLA depending on the diameter of the obturated lung arterial vessel. The estimation of special methods was made from the point of view of its diagnostical significance: ECG, chest roentgenography, echocardiography, angiopneumography. The article contains questions concerning pathogenetical treatment and prophylaxis of TLA.