Recovery of regional right ventricular function after thrombolysis for pulmonary embolism

Am J Cardiol. 1999 Mar 1;83(5):804-6, A10. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)01000-5.

Abstract

Abnormalities in right ventricular regional and global function can occur in the setting of acute pulmonary embolism. Treatment of acute pulmonary embolism with thrombolysis is associated with significant improvement in regional and global right ventricular function.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heparin / administration & dosage
  • Heparin / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / physiopathology
  • Observer Variation
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / physiopathology
  • Recovery of Function / physiology
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Thrombolytic Therapy*
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator / administration & dosage
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / drug therapy
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Function, Right / physiology*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Heparin
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator