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SUBMITTER: Porres-Aguilar M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6714822 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Porres-Aguilar Mateo M Anaya-Ayala Javier E JE Heresi Gustavo A GA Rivera-Lebron Belinda N BN
Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis 20181119 9_suppl
Pulmonary embolism represents the third most common cause of cardiovascular death in the United States. Reperfusion therapeutic strategies such as systemic thrombolysis, catheter directed therapies, surgical pulmonary embolectomy, and cardiopulmonary support devices are currently available for patients with high- and intermediate-high-risk pulmonary embolism. However, deciding on optimal therapy may be challenging. Pulmonary embolism response teams have been designed to facilitate multidisciplin ...[more]