Anticoagulant treatment for subsegmental pulmonary embolism

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Yoo, Hugo Hb ^a   Queluz, Thais Hat ^a   El Dib, Regina ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; ISOLATED SUBSEGMENTAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEVERE RENAL IMPAIRMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ANTICOAGULANTS; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84966425234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010222.pub3     Document Type: Review

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