Acute pulmonary thromboemboli due to a giant mobile thrombus
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Copyright © 2017 The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine Acute pulmonary thromboemboli due to a giant mobile thrombus Ataman Köse, Mehmet Kerem Karaca, Ahmet Celik, Serdar Biricik, Murat Ozeren Department of Emergency Medicine, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey Department of Cardiology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey Clin Exp Emerg Med 2017;4(2):117-118 https://doi.org/10.15441/ceem.16.198
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دوره 4 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2017