Right Ventricular Responses to Massive and Submassive Pulmonary Embolism

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-241

  Castillo, Christian ^a   Tapson, Victor F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Massive pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary embolism; Right ventricular dysfunction; Right ventricular failure; Submassive pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; HEPARIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ASPIRATION EMBOLECTOMY; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMBOLECTOMY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HEART DILATATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RIGHT VENTRICULAR RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANOXIA; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; DYSPNEA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84860377408     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: 15582264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2012.03.003     Document Type: Review

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