Electrocardiographic findings in pulmonary embolism

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 533-537

  Boey, Elaine ^a   Teo, Swee Guan ^b   Poh, Kian Keong ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b RAFFLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; ECG; Management; Prognosis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; TROPONIN I; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARRICO INDEX; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN SUPPLY; Q WAVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; S WAVE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; T WAVE; T WAVE INVERSION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; STROKE;

EID: 84944541299     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2015147     Document Type: Article

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