Thrombolysis compared with heparin for the initial treatment of pulmonary embolism: a meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials.

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Published in Circulation on July 19, 2004

Authors

Susan Wan1, Daniel J Quinlan, Giancarlo Agnelli, John W Eikelboom

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1: School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, West Australia.

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