Abstract
We found a significant ABD-assisted right ventricular hypokinetic regression after thrombolytic therapy in acute pulmonary embolism but could not demonstrate a linear relation between improvement in early right ventricular function and angiography.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Coronary Angiography
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Echocardiography
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Myocardial Contraction*
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Plasminogen Activators / therapeutic use
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Prospective Studies
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Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy
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Pulmonary Embolism / physiopathology*
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Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
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Thrombolytic Therapy*
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Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Right*
Substances
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Recombinant Proteins
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Plasminogen Activators
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Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator