Serial Point-of-care Echocardiography Performed by an Emergency Physician to Guide Thrombolytic Management of Massive Pulmonary Embolism.

Annie Au; Patrick Hsu; Matthew McClure; Gabriel Cabrera; Eric J Kalivoda; Gabriel Cabrera Correa

doi:10.7759/CUREUS.7771

Serial Point-of-care Echocardiography Performed by an Emergency Physician to Guide Thrombolytic Management of Massive Pulmonary Embolism.

Annie Au
, Patrick Hsu
, Matthew McClure
, Gabriel Cabrera
, Eric J Kalivoda
, Gabriel Cabrera Correa

University of South Florida

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cureus
Volume	12
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/CUREUS.7771
State	Published - Apr 21 2020

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Emergency Medicine

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