Submassive pulmonary embolism as a mask of acute coronary syndrome

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 402-406

  Kucharczyk Foltyn, Aneta ^a   Śniezek Maciejewska, Maria ^b   Tomala, Igor ^b   Dymek, Maciej ^a   Sadowski, Jerzy ^b   Małecka, Barbara ^a   Lelakowski, Jacek ^b   Janion, Marianna ^c  

^a District Hospital   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c Provincial Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Submassive pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ACCUPORO; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACLOTIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METOCARD; METOPROLOL; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUINAPRIL; SIMVASTATIN; THEINOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DILATATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG VARICOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 34648817067     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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