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Assessing the severity of pulmonary embolism among patients in the emergency department: Utility of RV/LV diameter ratio

BACKGROUND: Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is a major cause of death from cardiovascular disease. Right ventricular systolic dysfunction (RVD) caused by APE is closely related to a poor outcome. Early risk stratification of APE is a vital step in prognostic assessment. The objective of this study wa...

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Autores principales: Cho, Sung-uk, Cho, Young-duck, Choi, Sung-hyuk, Yoon, Young-hoon, Park, Jong-hak, Park, Sung-joon, Lee, Eu-sun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33211719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242340