Pulmonary embolism: Cardiovascular and parenchymal changes
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Relationship of parenchymal and pleural abnormalities with acute pulmonary embolism: CT findings in patients with and without embolism.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1309-0720,1309-2014
DOI: 10.4328/jcam.4888