Acute pulmonary embolus in pregnancy: A case study highlighting the value of TTE

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 406-409

  Stoodley, Paul ^a   Cooper, Mark ^a   Thomas, Liza ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSE RATE; RADIATION DOSE; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 43449138190     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2007.03.024     Document Type: Article

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