Advances in the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 133, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2014, Pages

  Den Exter, Paul L ^a   Van Der Hulle, Tom ^a   Klok, Frederikus A ^a   Huisman, Menno V ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

angiography; Computed tomography pulmonary; D dimer; Diagnosis; Management; Pulmonary embolism; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; APIXABAN; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; D DIMER; DABIGATRAN; EDOXABAN; LATEX; RIVAROXABAN; TENECTEPLASE; TROPONIN T; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAINTNESS; HEART FAILURE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; HEMORRHAGE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84901434831     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: 18792472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(14)50002-3     Document Type: Article

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