Prognostic role of echocardiography among patients with acute pulmonary embolism and a systolic arterial pressure of 90 mm Hg or higher.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on August 09, 2005

Authors

Nils Kucher1, Elisa Rossi, Marisa De Rosa, Samuel Z Goldhaber

Author Affiliations

1: Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Once Daily Enoxaparin for Outpatient Treatment of Acute DVT and/or Pulmonary Embolism | NCT00413374

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