Acute pulmonary embolectomy: a contemporary approach.

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Published in Circulation on March 26, 2002

Authors

Lishan Aklog1, Christopher S Williams, John G Byrne, Samuel Z Goldhaber

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA.

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