Mortality of patients with pulmonary embolism

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 114, Issue 17-18, 2002, Pages 766-772

  Janata, Karin ^a   Holzer, Michael ^a   Domanovits, Hans ^a   Müllner, Marcus ^a   Bankier, Alexander ^a   Kurtaran, Amir ^a   Bankl, Hans C ^a   Laggner, Anton N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Outcome; Pulmonary embolism; Spiral CT; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; D DIMER; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYNCOPE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0037201211     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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