Prognostic significance of right ventricular afterload stress detected by echocardiography in patients with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism

Heart

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 346-349

  Kasper, Wolfgang ^a   Konstantinides, Stavros ^b,c   Geibel, Annette ^b   Tiede, Nikolaus ^b   Krause, Thomas ^b   Just, Hanjörg ^b  

^a ST JOSEFS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Prognosis; Pulmonary embolism; Right ventricular afterload stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STRESS;

EID: 0031001508     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.4.346     Document Type: Article

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