Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for failed tPA therapy of pulmonary embolism
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for acute pulmonary embolism.
for Acute Pulmonary Embolism To the Editor: We read with great interest a review paper titled “Acute Pulmonary Embolism, Part II: Risk Stratification, Treatment, and Prevention” by Goldhaber and associates in the December 2003 issue of the journal.1 The strategies for acute pulmonary embolism in their review are anticoagulation, inferior vena caval filters, thrombolysis, and embolectomy. They m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cardiovascular and Thoracic Open
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2055-5520,2055-5520
DOI: 10.1177/2055552016633964