Pulmonary embolism as a cause of death in patients with heart disease: An autopsy study

Chest

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1282-1287

  Pulido, Tomás ^a   Aranda, Alberto ^a   Zevallos, Marco Antonio ^a   Bautista, Edgar ^a   Martínez Guerra, Maria Luisa ^a   Santos, Luis Efrén ^a   Sandoval, Julio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Heart disease; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIAC PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 33646494318     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.5.1282     Document Type: Article

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