The clinical course of pulmonary embolism

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 326, Issue 19, 1992, Pages 1240-1245

  Carson, Jeffrey L ^a   Kelley, Mark A ^b   Duff, Amy ^a   Weg, John G ^e   Fulkerson, William J ^f   Palevsky, Harold I ^b   Schwartz, J Sanford ^b,d   Thompson, B Taylor ^g   Popovich, John ^h   Hobbins, Thomas E ⁱ   Spera, Margaret A ^c   Alavi, Abass ^c   Terrin, Michael L ⁱ  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Departments of Medicine   (United States)

^c Departments of Radiology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ MARYLAND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0026577798     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199205073261902     Document Type: Article

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