Comparison of CT assessed right ventricular size and cardiac biomarkers for predicting short-term clinical outcome in normotensive patients suspected of having acute pulmonary embolism

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 853-856

  Klok, F A ^a   Van Der Bijl, N ^a   Eikenboom, H C J ^a   Van Rooden, C J ^b   De Roos, A ^a   Kroft, L J M ^a   Huisman, M V ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; ODDS RATIO; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TROPONIN T;

EID: 77952546227     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.03780.x     Document Type: Note

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