Prognostic significance of troponin elevation and right ventricular enlargement in acute pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 303-305

  Scridon, Tudor ^a   Scridon, Cristiana ^a   Skali, Hicham ^a   Alvarez, Alberto ^a   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a   Solomon, Scott D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TROPONIN;

EID: 22144453268     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.062     Document Type: Article

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