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Syncope as a symptom of non-massive pulmonary embolism: a case report

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  1. Syncope and Postural Disturbances Unit, “Luigi Sacco” Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Franca Dipaola & Raffaello Furlan

  2. Division of Medicine II, Department of Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco”, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Isabella Cucchi, Nicola Filardo, Eleonora Carnovali, Nicola Montano & Giorgio Costantino

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Dipaola, F., Cucchi, I., Filardo, N. et al. Syncope as a symptom of non-massive pulmonary embolism: a case report. Int Emergency Med 1, 167–170 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02936550

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