Prevalence of heart diseases in patients with pulmonary embolism with and without peripheral venous thrombosis. Findings from a cross-sectional survey

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 470-473

  Prandoni, Paolo ^a   Pesavento, Raffaele ^a   Sørensen, Henrik T ^b   Gennaro, Nicola ^c   Dalla Valle, Fabio ^a   Minotto, Isabella ^a   Perina, Fabio ^d   Pengo, Vittorio ^a   Pagnan, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Public Health Agency   (Italy)

^d Social Services and Information Systems   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiomyopathy; Coronary heart disease; Deep venous thrombosis; Heart failure; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; RISK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 69249221335     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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