- ►slrjournalclub.com [PDF] S Konstantinides, A Geibel, G Heusel, F … - The New England journal of medicine, 2002 - nejm.highwire.org Page 1. N Engl J Med, Vol. 347, No. 15 · October 10, 2002 · www.nejm.org ·
1143 ALTEPLASE IN PULMONARY EMBOLISM HEPARIN PLUS ALTEPLASE ... Cited by 375 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 26 versions
- ►ahajournals.org N Kucher, G Printzen, SZ Goldhaber - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— We measured at the time of admission the plasma level of
plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) to determine its utility in
prognosticating the clinical course of 73 consecutive patients with acute ... Cited by 273 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►jasoncartermd.com [PDF] PF Fedullo, VF Tapson - The New England journal of medicine, 2003 - nejm.highwire.org Although the exact incidence of pulmonary embolism is uncertain, it is estimated
that 600,000 episodes occur each year in the United States, resulting in 100,000
to 200,000 deaths. 1 When the diagnosis of embolism is confirmed and ... Cited by 243 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 20 versions
C Kearon, SR Kahn, G Agnelli, S Goldhaber, … - Chest, 2008 - Am Coll Chest Phys Page 1. DOI 10.1378/chest.08-0658 2008;133;454S-545S Chest Gary E. Raskob and
Anthony J. Comerota Clive Kearon, Susan R. Kahn, Giancarlo ... Cited by 211 - Related articles - All 16 versions
- ►ahajournals.org N Kucher, G Printzen, T Doernhoefer, S … - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— ProBNP levels were measured in 73 patients with acute PE
within 4 hours of admission. Adverse clinical outcome was defined as in-hospital
death or the need for at least 1 of the following: cardiopulmonary ... Cited by 196 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►canadianmedicaljournal.ca C Kearon - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2003 - canadianmedicaljournal.ca NO SINGLE NONINVASIVE TEST for pulmonary embolism is both sensitive and
specific. Some tests are good for "ruling in" pulmonary embolism (eg, helical
CT) and some tests are good for "ruling out" pulmonary embolism (eg, ... Cited by 183 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 25 versions
P Pruszczyk, A Bochowicz, A Torbicki, M Szulc … - Chest, 2003 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Results: cTnT was detected in 50% of patients. All eight in-hospital deaths
occurred in the troponin-positive group, however, in one case the results of the
first three assays had been negative. Elevated plasma cTnT increased the ... Cited by 159 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►ahajournals.org UJ Schoepf, N Kucher, F Kipfmueller, R … - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— We evaluated 431 consecutive patients (mean age, 59±16
years; 55% women) with acute PE confirmed by multidetector-row chest CT. With
the use of multiplanar reformats of axial CT data, CT 4-chamber (4-CH) ... Cited by 156 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
N Kucher, SZ Goldhaber - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc Severe dyspnea, cyanosis, and syncope indicate life-threatening PE. The clinical
examination may reveal signs of acute right ventricular dysfunction, including
tachycardia, a low arterial blood pressure, distended neck veins, an ... Cited by 152 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►ahajournals.org UJ Schoepf, SZ Goldhaber, P Costello - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc There is still considerable debate about the optimal diagnostic imaging modality
for acute pulmonary embolism. If imaging is deemed necessary from an initial
clinical evaluation such as D-dimer testing, options include nuclear ... Cited by 154 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
