Diagnostic value of mitral and tricuspid annular excursion in the diagnostics of acute pulmonary embolism patients with chronic heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-119

  Gromadziński, Leszek ^a   Ciurzyński, Michał ^b   Januszko Giergielewicz, Beata ^a   Targoński, Ryszard ^c   Cygański, Piotr ^c   Pruszczyk, Piotr ^b  

^a Hospital   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c City Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Echocardiography; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL ANNULAR PEAK SYSTOLIC EXCURSION; MITRAL VALVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICUSPID ANNULAR PEAK SYSTOLIC EXCURSION; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 79955942782     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.01.070     Document Type: Article

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