Derivation of a screening tool to identify patients with right ventricular dysfunction or tricuspid regurgitation after negative computerized tomographic pulmonary angiography of the chest

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 171-183

  Kline, Jeffrey A ^a   Russell, Frances M ^a   Lahm, Tim ^a,b   Mastouri, Ronald A ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ESKENAZI HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Emergency medicine; Pulmonary hypertension; Spiral computed; Tomography; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026339029     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679723     Document Type: Article

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