Morphologic characteristics of central pulmonary thromboemboli predict haemodynamic response in massive pulmonary embolism

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1552-1556

  Podbregar, Matej ^a   Voga, Gorazd ^a   Krivec, Bojan ^a  

^a General Hospital Celje   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Embolism; Prognosis; Thrombolysis; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

EID: 4143144126     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2314-5     Document Type: Article

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