Prognostic value of computed tomographic pulmonary angiography and the pulmonary embolism severity index in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-70

  Soares, Thiago Horta ^a,b   De Bastos, Marcos ^c   De Carvalho, Bruna Vilaça ^a,b   Moreira, Wanderval ^a   Cabral, Cristiane Pena ^a   De Paula, Luciano Fagundes ^a   Caram, Camila ^b   Rezende, Suely Meireles ^b  

^a Hospital Mater Dei   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Previdência Dos Servidores Do Estado de Minas Gerais IPSEMG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

computed tomographic pulmonary angiography; pulmonary embolism; risk stratification; score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM SEVERITY INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; VASCULAR OBSTRUCTION INDEX;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871732125     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: 14735733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e32835a72c2     Document Type: Article

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