Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Pulmonary Embolism: Report of the WHO/International Society and Federation of Cardiology Task Force

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 268, Issue 13, 1992, Pages 1727-1733

  Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a   Morpurgo, Mario ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG THROMBOSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0026703216     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1992.03490130115040     Document Type: Article

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