Prognostic value of echocardiographically assessed right ventricular dysfunction in patients with pulmonary embolism

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1685-1689

  Ten Wolde, Marije ^a   Söhne, Maaike ^a   Quak, Elske ^a   Mac Gillavry, Melvin R ^b   Büller, Harry R ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM;

COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 3843083957     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.15.1685     Document Type: Review

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