A case of heart failure due to alcoholic cardiomyopathy combined with acute pulmonary embolism

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages E176-E180

  Xiao, Feng ^a   Yuan, Wei ^b   Li, Xiaorong ^a   Wang, Gannan ^a   Jiang, Ting ^a   Wang, Weiwei ^a   Zhang, Jinsong ^a   Li, Ping ^c   Qi, Lianwen ^c   Chen, Yan ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TAIZHOU PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM); Heart failure; Pulmonary embolism (PE)

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GASTROSCOPY; HEART FAILURE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84907696956     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.07.32     Document Type: Article

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