Is atrial fibrillation associated with pulmonary embolism?

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-351

  Gex, G ^a   Gerstel, E ^a   Righini, M ^a   Le Gal, G ^b   Aujesky, D ^c   Roy, P M ^d   Sanchez, O ^e   Verschuren, F ^f   Rutschmann, O T ^a   Perneger, T ^a   Perrier, A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Dyspnea; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857553246     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04608.x     Document Type: Article

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