Pulmonary Embolism as a Cause of Death in Adults Who Died With Heart Failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1073-1075

  Beemath, Afzal ^a   Skaf, Elias ^a   Stein, Paul D ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 33749248824     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.05.030     Document Type: Article

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