Diagnosis and treatment of shock due to massive pulmonary embolism: Approach with transesophageal echocardiography and intrapulmonary thrombolysis

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1310-1316

  Krivec, Bojan ^a   Voga, Gorazd ^a   Žuran, Ivan ^a   Skale, Rafael ^a   Parežnik, Roman ^a   Podbregar, Matej ^a   Noč, Marko ^b  

^a General Hospital Celje   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Intrapulmonary thrombolysis; Massive pulmonary embolism; Right heart catheterization; Shock; Streptokinase; Transesophageal echocardiography; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; NORADRENALIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART DILATATION; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG RESISTANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030670120     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.5.1310     Document Type: Article

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