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Editorial
. 2023 Oct;16(10):e013536.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.123.013536. Epub 2023 Oct 17.

Massive Pulmonary Embolism: Optimizing Collaborative Care and Endovascular Therapy

Suresh Vedantham  1
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Editorial

Massive Pulmonary Embolism: Optimizing Collaborative Care and Endovascular Therapy

Suresh Vedantham. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; anticoagulants; hemorrhage; thrombectomy; thrombosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures Dr Vedantham is a national coprincipal investigator of the PE-TRACT trial (Pulmonary Embolism - Thrombus Removal With Catheter-Directed Therapy) that is evaluating catheter-directed therapy for intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism and receives grant support from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/National Institutes of Health (1UG3HL155798-01A).

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