No effect of epoprostenol on right ventricular diameter in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Right ventricular dilatation in the setting of acute pulmonary embolism is associated with an adverse prognosis. Treatment with a pulmonary vasodilator has never been studied systematically. We evaluated the effect of epoprostenol on right ventricular diameter and function in patients wi...

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Autores principales: Kooter, Albertus J, IJzerman, Richard G, Kamp, Otto, Boonstra, Anco B, Smulders, Yvo M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20353588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-10-18

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20353588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-10-18

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