Comparison of right ventricular systolic function in patients with low risk and intermediate-to-high risk pulmonary embolism: A two-dimensional strain imaging study

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-308

  Descotes Genon, Vincent ^a   Chopard, Romain ^a   Morel, Mathilde ^a   Meneveau, Nicolas ^a   Schiele, Francois ^a   Bernard, Yvette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

pulmonary embolism; right ventricular strain; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICUSPID VALVE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874755780     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12062     Document Type: Article

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