Clinical, laboratory, roentgenographic, and electrocardiographic findings in patients with acute pulmonary embolism and no pre-existing cardiac or pulmonary disease

Chest

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 598-603

  Stein, P D ^a   Terrin, M L ^a   Hales, C A ^a   Palevsky, H I ^a   Saltzman, H A ^a   Thompson, B T ^a   Weg, J G ^a  

^a Henry Ford Heart/Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0025942766     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.100.3.598     Document Type: Article

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