Multidetector CT scan for acute pulmonary embolism: Embolic burden and clinical outcome

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Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1417-1424

  Vedovati, Maria Cristina ^a   Becattini, Cecilia ^a   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^a   Kamphuisen, Pieter W ^c   Masotti, Luca ^d   Pruszczyk, Piotr ^e   Casazza, Franco ^f   Salvi, Aldo ^g   Grifoni, Stefano ^h   Carugati, Anna ⁱ   Konstantinides, Stavros ^j   Schreuder, Marthe ^c   Golebiowski, Marek ^e   Duranti, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Internal Medicine Cecina Hospital   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^f SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Ancona Hospital   (Italy)

^h CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84870582132     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2739     Document Type: Article

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