Normalization of negative T-Wave on electrocardiography and right ventricular dysfunction in patients with an acute pulmonary embolism

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-59

  Choi, Bo Youn ^a   Park, Dae Gyun ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Pulmonary embolism; Right; Ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATINE KINASE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T WAVE; T WAVE INVERSION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84858375167     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2012.27.1.53     Document Type: Article

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