Pulmonary embolism, part I: Epidemiology, risk factors and risk stratification, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-138

  Bělohlávek, Jan ^a   Dytrych, Vladimír ^a   Linhart, Aleš ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Pulmonary embolism; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; D DIMER; HEPARIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOPHILIA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84879945439     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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