"Thrombus in transit" - The role of echocardiography in the diagnosis of massive pulmonary embolism and a review of the literature

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 291-294

  O'Neill, James Oliver ^a   Iqbal, Rashid ^a   McGarry, Kathleen ^a  

^a Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036668414     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.57.4.2005429     Document Type: Article

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