Transthoracic echocardiography in acute pulmonary embolism. Diagnostic value with respect to thresholds of classification;Echocardiographie transthoracique et diagnostic d'embolie pulmonaire aigue

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 463-469

  Nazeyrollas, P ^a   Metz, D ^a   Maillier, B ^a   Jennesseaux, C ^a   Maes, D ^a   Tassan, S ^a   Jolly, D ^b   Chabert, J P ^a   Chapoutot, L ^a   Elaerts, J ^a  

^a Service de Cardiologie   (France)

^b REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 8244258018     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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