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Saddle Pulmonary Embolism Detected by Transthoracic Echocardiography in a Patient With Suspected Myocardial Infarction.

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SUBMITTER: Yuriditsky E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10899716 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Saddle Pulmonary Embolism Detected by Transthoracic Echocardiography in a Patient With Suspected Myocardial Infarction.

Yuriditsky Eugene E Horowitz James M JM Taslakian Bedros B Saric Muhamed M

CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.) 20231215 2

PMID: 38425574

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