Emergency bedside echocardiography as a tool for early detection and clinical decision making in cases of suspected pulmonary embolism: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1021-1025

  Karavidas, Apostolos ^a   Matsakas, Evangellos ^a   Lazaros, George ^a   Panou, Fotis ^a   Foukarakis, Manolis ^a   Zacharoulis, Apostolos ^a  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORTALITY; PH; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033635536     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970005101207     Document Type: Article

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