Pulmonary thromboembolism in the elderly;Tromboembolismo pulmonar en el anciano

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-24

  Calvo Romero, J M ^a,b   Perez Miranda M ^a   Bureo Dacal, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Pulmonary thromboembolism; Venous thromboembolic disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037287826     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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