Symptoms, location and prognosis of pulmonary embolism

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 194-199

  Garcia Sanz M T ^a   Pena Alvarez C ^b   Lopez Landeiro P ^b   Bermo Dominguez A ^b   Fonturbel T ^c   Gonzalez Barcala F J ^d  

^a Hospital Do Salnes   (Spain)

^b Hospital Complex of Pontevedra   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computed tomography scan; Prognosis; Pulmonary embolism; Subsegmental

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84904552468     PISSN: 08732159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rppneu.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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