Value of cardiac biomarkers in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

Background: Prognostic stratification of patients with PE is important in management and potentially improve clinical outcome. Cardiac biomarkers are used as an adjunct to clinical and echocardiographic risk stratification in a variety of circumstances, (Creatine-kinase-MB “CK-MB”) and cardiac tropo...

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Main Authors: Eman O. Arram, Amal Fathy, Ayman A. Abdelsamad, Emad I. Elmasry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813002082