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Clinical efficacy of low dose recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator for the treatment of acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism

Ling-Yun Zhang, Bao-An Gao, Zhu Jin, Guang-Ming Xiang, Zheng Gong, Ting-Ting Zhang, Hong-Fang Lu, Yong-Quan Wang, Yuan Gong, Cheng Lu and Wei-Ling Huang
Saudi Medical Journal November 2018, 39 (11) 1090-1095; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.11.22717
Ling-Yun Zhang
From the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (Zhang, Gao, Jin, Xiang, Gong, Zhang, Lu, Wang, Gong), and from the Department of Cardiology (Lu, Huang), The First College of Clinical Medical Science of China Three Gorges University & Yichang Central People’s Hospital, Yichang, China
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Yuan Gong
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Cheng Lu
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