Successful management of acute pulmonary embolism after surgery for lung cancer

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 580-587

  Sakuragi, Toru ^a   Sakao, Yukinori ^a   Furukawa, Kojiro ^a   Rikitake, Kazuhisa ^a   Ohtsubo, Satoshi ^a   Okazaki, Yukio ^a   Natsuaki, Masafumi ^a   Itoh, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute pulmonary embolism; Argatroban; Deep venous thrombus; Lobectomy; Lung cancer; Mediastinal lymph node dissection

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ARGATROBAN; HEPARIN; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141515540     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00392-0     Document Type: Article

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