Clinical features of acute pulmonary thromboembolism in younger patients

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 330-333

  Arima, Mizuhiro ^a   Kanoh, Tatsuji ^a   Takagi, Atsutoshi ^a   Tanimoto, Kosei ^a   Oigawa, Tetsuya ^a   Matsuda, Shigeru ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute pulmonary thromboembolism; Coagulopathy; Deep venous thrombosis; Younger patients

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THROMBECTOMY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0037387190     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.330     Document Type: Article

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