Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Congestive Heart Failure

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 851-858

  Monreal, Manuel ^a   Muñoz Torrero, Juan Francisco Sanchez ^b   Naraine, Virjanand S ^c   Jiménez, David ^d   Soler, Silvia ^e   Rabuñal, Ramón ^f   Gallego, Pedro ^g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO DE ALCÁNTARA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^e Hospital Sant Jaume de Calella   (Spain)

^f Servicio de Medicina Interna   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DE JEREZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Chronic lung disease; Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 33748924012     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.11.035     Document Type: Article

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