Acute pulmonary embolism. Part 1: Epidemiology and diagnosis

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 585-596

  Douma, Renée A ^a   Kamphuisen, Pieter W ^a   Büller, Harry R ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; ROSUVASTATIN;

ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ALLERGY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77957324107     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2010.106     Document Type: Review

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