Is right heart thromboemboli another indication for thrombolysis?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 333-335

  Agarwal, R ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a   Gupta, D ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Right heart thromboemboli; Thrombolysis; Thrombus in transit; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34248392157     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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