Challenges and considerations in the management of acute pulmonary embolism: a critical analysis of European Society of Cardiology guidelines

Slobodan  Obradović; Boris Džudović; Tamara  Simpson

doi:10.2298/VSP240320072O

Slobodan Obradović Military Medical Academy, *Clinic of Cardiology, University of Defence, Faculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
Boris Džudović Military Medical Academy, Clinic of Emergency Internal Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia University of Defence, Faculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
Tamara Simpson Jacobi/North Central Bronx Hospital, New York, New York, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP240320072O

Keywords: heart arrest;, practice guidelines as topic;, pulmonary embolism;, therapeutics;, thrombolytic therapy.

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