Value of right ventricular dysfunction for prognosis in pulmonary embolism

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-45

  Zhu, Ling ^a   Yang, Yuanhua ^b   Wu, Yafeng ^b   Zhai, Zhenguo ^b   Wang, Chen ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Pulmonary embolism; Right ventricular dysfunction; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAPSE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DILATATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSFUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPOKINESIS; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROC CURVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 43949092401     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.06.093     Document Type: Article

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