Association of right ventricular dysfunction with in-hospital mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism and reduction in mortality in patients with right ventricular dysfunction by pulmonary embolectomy

Twenty-one of 64 patients (33%) with pulmonary embolisms with right ventricular (RV) dilation and 6 of 126 patients (5%) with pulmonary embolisms without RV dilation died during hospitalization (p

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 2005-03, Vol.95 (5), p.695-696
Main Authors: Sukhija, Rishi, Aronow, Wilbert S., Lee, Jooyun, Kakar, Priyanka, McClung, John A., Levy, James A., Belkin, Robert N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Chi-Square Distribution
Echocardiography
Embolectomy
Female
Fibrinolytic Agents - therapeutic use
Heart
Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement
Heparin - therapeutic use
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pneumology
Pulmonary Embolism - complications
Pulmonary Embolism - drug therapy
Pulmonary Embolism - mortality
Pulmonary Embolism - surgery
Pulmonary hypertension. Acute cor pulmonale. Pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary vascular diseases
Retrospective Studies
Thrombolytic Therapy
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - etiology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - mortality
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Summary:Twenty-one of 64 patients (33%) with pulmonary embolisms with right ventricular (RV) dilation and 6 of 126 patients (5%) with pulmonary embolisms without RV dilation died during hospitalization (p
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.10.055