Excellent outcome after surgical treatment of massive pulmonary embolism in critically ill patients

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 448-451

  Kadner, Alexander ^a   Schmidli, Jürg ^a   Schönhoff, Florian ^a   Krähenbühl, Eva ^a   Immer, Franz ^a   Carrel, Thierry ^a   Eckstein, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMBOLECTOMY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48649085401     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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