Active search for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension does not appear indicated after acute pulmonary embolism

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Surie, Sulaiman ^a   Gibson, Nadine S ^a   Gerdes, Victor E A ^a,b   Bouma, Berto J ^a   van Eck Smit, Berthe L F ^a   Buller, Harry R ^a   Bresser, Paul ^a,c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Academical Medical Center ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Incidence; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77951665926     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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