Long-term clinical outcome of patients with persistent right ventricle dysfunction or pulmonary hypertension after acute pulmonary embolism

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 756-761

  Golpe, Rafael ^a   Testa Fernández, Ana ^a   Pérez De Llano, Luis A ^a   Castro Añón, Olalla ^a   González Juanatey, Carlos ^a   Pérez Fernández, Ruth ^a   Fariñas, María Carmen ^b  

^a Hospital Lucus Augusti   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hypertension; Pulmonary; Pulmonary embolism; Right; Ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84856391899     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer125     Document Type: Article

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