Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography and prognostic significance in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 956-961

  Ghuysen, A ^a   Ghaye, B ^a   Willems, V ^a   Lambermont, B ^a   Gerard, P ^b   Dondelinger, R F ^a   D'Orio, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; CATECHOLAMINE; HEPARIN; IOBITRIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FLUID THERAPY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG INFARCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHOCK; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEIN DIAMETER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 27744495439     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.040873     Document Type: Article

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