Role of thrombolysis in haemodynamically stable patients with pulmonary embolism

Thorax

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 853-854

  Proudfoot, Alaistair ^a   Melley, Dan ^b   Shah, Pallav L ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; HEPARIN; TROPONIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 53649096541     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.103077     Document Type: Editorial

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