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Systemic thrombolysis in acute pulmonary embolism: also a matter of “time”

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  1. Section of Internal and Cardiopulmonary Medicine, Department of Medical Science, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

    Marco Zuin & Loris Roncon

  2. Department of Cardiology, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy

    Marco Zuin

  3. Department of Cardiology, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Viale Tre Martiri 140, 45100, Rovigo, Italy

    Loris Roncon

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Zuin, M., Roncon, L. Systemic thrombolysis in acute pulmonary embolism: also a matter of “time”. J Thromb Thrombolysis 43, 279–282 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-016-1444-2

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