Clinical and echocardiographic predictors of mortality in acute pulmonary embolism

Clinical and echocardiographic predictors of mortality in acute pulmonary embolism

Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of adding quantitative assessments of cardiac function from echocardiography to clinical factors in predicting the outcome of patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Methods Patients with a diagnosis of acute PE, based on a posi...

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Main Authors: Talal Dahhan, Irfan Siddiqui, Victor F. Tapson, Eric J. Velazquez, Stephanie Sun, Clemontina A. Davenport, Zainab Samad, Sudarshan Rajagopal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-10-01
Series:Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Subjects:
Echocardiography
Pulmonary embolism
Right ventricular function
Speckle-tracking echocardiography
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12947-016-0087-y

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