Successful Treatment of Massive Pulmonary Embolism with Reteplase
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عنوان ژورنال: Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi-Archives of the Turkish Society of Cardiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1016-5169
DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2017.33568