Pulmonary embolism: CT signs and cardiac biomarkers for predicting right ventricular dysfunction

Henzler T., Roeger S., Meyer M., Schoepf U.J., Nance J.W., Haghi D., Kaminski W.E., Neumaier M., Schoenberg S.O., Fink C.

Source: Eur Respir J 2012; 39: 919-926
Journal Issue: April
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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