Echocardiography in the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism; no routine method, but useful in the presence of concomitant haemodynamic disturbance;Ekokardiografi användbar vid akut lungemboli: Inte rutinmetod men diagnostisk vid samtidig hemodynamisk påverkan

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Volumn , Issue 34, 1998, Pages 3543-3546

  Kierkegaard, Asbjörn ^a,b  

^a Medicinska Kliniken   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 11544275239     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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