Survival and restoration of pulmonary perfusion in a long-term follow-up of patients after acute pulmonary embolism

Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 253-262

  Miniati, Massimo ^a,c   Monti, Simonetta ^a   Bottai, Matteo ^d   Scoscia, Elvio ^a   Bauleo, Carolina ^a   Tonelli, Lucia ^a   Dainelli, Alba ^a   Giuntini, Carlo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ESTROGEN; HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33748757214     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.md.0000236952.87590.c8     Document Type: Article

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