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Successful Thrombolysis with rt-PA After Syncope and Protracted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Massive Pulmonary Embolism

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Fatebenefratelli “S. Orsola” Hospital, via V. Emanuele II 27, 25122, Brescia, Italy

    Carlo Oneglia & Cesare Rusconi

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Oneglia, C., Rusconi, C. Successful Thrombolysis with rt-PA After Syncope and Protracted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Massive Pulmonary Embolism. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 11, 509–511 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007713909484

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