Acute pulmonary embolism

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 353-365

  Tapson, Victor F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ARGATROBAN; DOBUTAMINE; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LEPIRUDIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NORADRENALIN; OXYGEN; PENTASACCHARIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOKINASE; TENECTEPLASE; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; TINZAPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE; WARFARIN; XIMELAGATRAN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART PALPITATION; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN NECROSIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 4043181938     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2004.04.002     Document Type: Review

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