Association of pulmonary artery obstruction index with elevated heart-type fatty acid binding protein and short-term mortality in patients with pulmonary embolism at intermediate risk

PURPOSE Heart-type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) is a sensitive marker of myocardial injury and predictor of worse prognosis in patients with pulmonary embolism (PE). Assessment of right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary artery obstruction index (PAOI) with computed tomography (CT) has bee...

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Main Authors: Kurtuluş Özdemir, Mehmet Kayrak, Turyan Abdülhalikov, Ahmet Yeşildağ, İbrahim Güler, İlknur Can, Enes Elvin Gül, Hasan Gök
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2013-02-01
Series:Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
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Online Access:http://www.dirjournal.org/summary_en.php3?id=474