Is atrial fibrillation a prognosticator in acute pulmonary thromboembolism?

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-

  Koracevic, Goran ^a   Atanaskovic, Vesna ^a  

^a University Clinical Center   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AORTA DISSECTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOGENESIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SERBIA;

EID: 76949103847     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000273082     Document Type: Letter

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