Prevalence and prognostic significance of right-sided cardiac mobile thrombi in acute massive pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1433-1435

  Casazza, Franco ^a,b   Bongarzoni, Amedeo ^a   Centonze, Fabrizio ^a   Morpurgo, Mario ^a  

^a SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030966821     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00162-8     Document Type: Article

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