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Oral rivaroxaban for the treatment of symptomatic pulmonary embolism: are we ready?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Martin Kuuskne*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital
Jerrald Dankoff
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, A4.62, Montreal, QC H3A 1A1; [email protected]

Abstract

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Type
Knowledge To Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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