Death by clot: Acute coronary syndromes, ischemic stroke, pulmonary embolism, and disseminated intravascular coagulation

AACN Advanced Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-176

  Dressler, Diane K ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherothrombosis; Thromboembolism; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 67650227993     PISSN: 15597768     EISSN: 15597768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCI.0b013e3181a0b5e8     Document Type: Article

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