Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Outcomes of Patients With Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism With and Without Anticoagulation Treatment

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 828-835

  Bariteau, Adam ^a   Stewart, Lauren K ^a   Emmett, Thomas W ^a   Kline, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SUBSEGMENTAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; BLEEDING; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 85046545930     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.13399     Document Type: Review

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