Improved midterm outcomes for type A (central) pulmonary emboli treated surgically

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1423-1429

  Greelish, James P ^a   Leacche, Marzia ^a   Solenkova, Natalia S ^a   Ahmad, Rashid M ^a   Byrne, John G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 81255141964     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.12.030     Document Type: Article

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