The incidence of pulmonary embolism in unexplained sudden cardiac arrest with pulseless electrical activity

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 351-356

  Comess, Keith A ^a,b   DeRook, Frances A ^a   Russell, Margaret L ^a   Tognazzi Evans, Terese A ^a   Beach, Kirk W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULSE;

EID: 0033799874     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00511-8     Document Type: Article

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