Transesophageal echocardiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale: A comparison with radiological procedures

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 429-433

  Vieillard Baron, A ^a   Qanadli, S D ^a   Antakly, Y ^a   Fourme, T ^a   Loubieres Y ^a   Jardin, F ^a   Dubourg, O ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Acute cor pulmonale; Helical CT; Pulmonary embolism; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COR PULMONALE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY HEART DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031800625     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050591     Document Type: Article

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