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Patients with an intermediate or high risk of a pulmonary embolism continue to pose a diagnostic challenge

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  2. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University School of Medicine, Cambridge, MA, USA

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Grant, D., Rosen, P. Patients with an intermediate or high risk of a pulmonary embolism continue to pose a diagnostic challenge. Int Emergency Med 2, 231–233 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-007-0065-3

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