Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 429-437 , March 2010

Catheter-Based Therapies for Massive Pulmonary Embolism

  • Thomas M. Todoran
    • ,
  • Piotr Sobieszczyk

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Piotr Sobieszczyk, MD, RVT, Cardiovascular Division, Vascular Medicine Section, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2010.01.002

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 429-437 , March 2010

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