Impact of rescue-thrombolysis during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with pulmonary embolism.

Impact of rescue-thrombolysis during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with pulmonary embolism.

BACKGROUND: Cardiac arrest in patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Thrombolysis is expected to improve the outcome in these patients. However studies evaluating rescue-thrombolysis in patients with PE are missing, mainly due to the difficulties of cl...

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Main Authors: Fikret Er, Amir M Nia, Natig Gassanov, Evren Caglayan, Erland Erdmann, Uta C Hoppe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2788709?pdf=render

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