Association between right ventricular function and perfusion abnormalities in hemodynamically stable patients with acute pulmonary embolism

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 665-670

  Miller, Rachel L ^a,b   Das, Sam ^a   Anandarangam, Thiruvengadam ^a   Leibowitz, David W ^a   Alderson, Philip O ^a   Thomashow, Byron ^a   Homma, Shunichi ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Right ventricular enlargement; Right ventricular hypokinesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031888557     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.3.665     Document Type: Article

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