Acute pulmonary embolism revisited

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 795-802

  Konstantinides, Stavros V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TINZAPARIN;

ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLEEDING TIME; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 44349143321     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.071274     Document Type: Review

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