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Cardiac arrest following induction of anesthesia in a patient with acute massive pulmonary thromboembolism

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Resuscitation, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iida-nishi, 990-23, Yamagata, Japan

    Sumio Amagasa, Seiji Takaoka, Masaya Kudo, Hiroko Nunokawa & Hideo Horikawa

  2. Department of Intensive Care Unit, Yamagata University Hospital, 2-2-2 Iida-nishi, 990-23, Yamagata, Japan

    Hikaru Hoshi

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Amagasa, S., Takaoka, S., Kudo, M. et al. Cardiac arrest following induction of anesthesia in a patient with acute massive pulmonary thromboembolism. J Anesth 11, 228–230 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02480043

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