Efficacy and safety of high dose versus low dose streptokinase for treatment of submassive pulmonary embolism

Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the general population, the established treatment for PE is anticoagulation. It has previously been demonstrated that thrombolytic therapy can be lifesaving in patients with massive PE (haemodynamic instability and right hea...

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Main Authors: Ayman A. Abdelsamad, Ahmad S. El-Morsi, Ahmad E. Mansour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2011-06-01
Series:The Egyptian Heart Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110260811000500