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Prevalence of Echocardiography Use in Patients Hospitalized with Confirmed Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Real-World Observational Multicenter Study

BACKGROUND: Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) carries an increased risk of death. Using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) to assist diagnosis and risk stratification is recommended in current guidelines. However, its utilization in real-world clinical practice is unknown. We conducted a retrospective...

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Autores principales: Bing, Rong, Chow, Vincent, Lau, Jerrett K., Thomas, Liza, Kritharides, Leonard, Ng, Austin Chin Chwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5158194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27977781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168554

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