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Correspondence| Volume 36, ISSUE 12, P2333-2334, December 01, 2018

STEMI-like pulmonary embolism: Is it the time for a multimodality approach?

  • Riccardo Scagliola
    Correspondence
    Cardiovascular Disease Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo R. Benzi n. 10, 16132 Genova, Italy.
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    Cardiovascular Disease Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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Published:April 24, 2018DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2018.04.054
STEMI-like pulmonary embolism: Is it the time for a multimodality approach?
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      Publication History

      Published online: April 24, 2018
      Accepted: April 23, 2018
      Received: April 22, 2018

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2018.04.054

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