Acute pulmonary embolism: Analysis of consecutive 353 patients hospitalised in a single centre. A 3-year experience

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-22

  Łabyk, Andrzej ^a   Ciurzyński, Michał ^a   Jankowski, Krzysztof ^a   Kostrubiec, Maciej ^a   Lichodziejewska, Barbara ^a   Bienias, Piotr ^a   Pedowska Włoszek, Justyna ^a   Pacho, Szymon ^a   Palczewski, Piotr ^a   Pruszczyk, Piotr ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute pulmonary embolism; Mortality; Thrombolysis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; CREATININE; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DEATH; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84856278752     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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