Pulmonary embolism: Relation between the degree of right ventricle overload and the extent of perfusion defects

American Heart Journal

Volumn 135, Issue 5 I, 1998, Pages 868-874

  Ribeiro, A ^a   Juhlin Dannfelt, A ^a   Brodin, L A ^a   Holmgren, A ^a   Jorfeldt, L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031808569     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(98)70048-1     Document Type: Article

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