Acute cor pulmonale in massive pulmonary embolism: Incidence, echocardiographic pattern, clinical implications and recovery rate

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1481-1486

  Vieillard Baron, Antoine ^a   Page, Bernard ^a   Augarde, Roch ^a   Prin, Sebastien ^a   Qanadli, Salah ^a   Beauchet, Alain ^a   Dubourg, Olivier ^a   Jardin, François ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Acute cor pulmonale; Echocardiography; Massive pulmonary embolism; Metabolic acidosis; Recombinant tissue type plasminogen activator; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR PULMONALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INOTROPISM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FRANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY HEART DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0034852401     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340101032     Document Type: Article

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