Suspected acute pulmonary embolism: A practical approach

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1997, Pages

  Corris, Paul ^a   Ellis, David ^a   Foley, Noeleen ^a   Miller, Andrew ^a  

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ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPNEA; EMBOLECTOMY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030784794     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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