Syncope as a presentation of acute pulmonary embolism

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 1023-1028

  Altınsoy, Bülent ^a   Erboy, Fatma ^a   Tanrıverdi, Hakan ^a   Uygur, Fırat ^a   Örnek, Tacettin ^a   Atalay, Figen ^a   Tor, Meltem ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Compression sonography; Mortality rate; Prognosis; Pulmonary embolism; Right ventricular dysfunction; Syncope

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84976606823     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: 1178203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/TCRM.S105722     Document Type: Article

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