Supportive Treatment of Acute Cor Pulmonale Due to Massive Pulmonary Embolism
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j 1 he usual clinical features of acute cor pulmonale are pain or a sense of oppression the centre of the chest, peripheral cyanosis or pallor, hypotension, raised jugular f ?.Us pressure and signs related to right ventricular and pulmonary artery dilatation. ^cal electrocardiographic changes occur. /hile pulmonary embolism is a common condition, the proportion of cases in lch cor pulmonale occurs is small. Short (1952) in his survey of 113 cases, classified
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دوره 73 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 1958