Importance of troponin T for the risk stratification of normotensive patients with pulmonary embolism. A prospective, cohort study with a three-month follow-up

Haematologica

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 423-424

  Bova, Carlo ^a,b   Crocco, Francesco ^a   Ricchio, Roberto ^a   Serafini, Oscar ^a   Greco, Francesco ^a   Noto, Alfonso ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera di Cosenza   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Troponin T

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFECTION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPONIN T;

EID: 15244357237     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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