Transthoracic Echocardiography for Pulmonary Embolism in the ICU: Finding the "Right" Findings

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-47

  Stawicki, S Peter ^a   Seamon, Mark J ^a   Kim, Patrick K ^a   Meredith, Denise M ^a   Chovanes, John ^a   Schwab, C William ^a   Gracias, Vicente H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 37249011851     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.06.293     Document Type: Article

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