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Simultaneous pulmonary embolism and cerebrovascular stroke

Gleichzeitige pulmonale Embolie und zerebrovaskulärer Insult

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  1. Internal Medicine Department, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, 2525 South Michigan Avenue, 60616, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    H.R. Omar

  2. Radiology Department, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    C. Huang

  3. University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

    J.H. Miller & E.M. Camporesi

  4. Florida Gulf to Bay Anesthesia, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA

    D. Mangar

  5. Critical Care Department, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA

    A. Kabemba

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Omar, H., Huang, C., Miller, J. et al. Simultaneous pulmonary embolism and cerebrovascular stroke. Herz 38, 884–886 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-013-3782-6

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