Association Between Thrombolytic Treatment and the Prognosis of Hemodynamically Stable Patients With Major Pulmonary Embolism

Konstantinides, Stavros; Geibel, Annette; Olschewski, Manfred; Heinrich, Fritz; D. Grosser, K.; Rauber, K.; Iversen, Stein; Redecker, Matthias; Kienast, Joachim; Just, H.; Kasper, Wolfgang

doi:10.1161/01.cir.96.3.882

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Association Between Thrombolytic Treatment and the Prognosis of Hemodynamically Stable Patients With Major Pulmonary Embolism

Published in Circulation • Aug 5, 1997

Authors:

Stavros Konstantinides

Annette Geibel

Manfred Olschewski

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Thrombolytic treatment has been shown to accelerate resolution of major pulmonary embolism and lead to a rapid improvement of right-side hemodynamics. However, the association between these favorable effects and the clinical outcome of patients who have no severe hemodynamic compromise a...

Subject

Medicine

Pulmonary embolism

Cardiogenic shock

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