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Editorial
. 2023 Nov;20(11):1554-1556.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202308-751ED.

Unchanging Mortality from Pulmonary Embolism in the United States

Yon K Sung  1 , Jeffrey A Kline  2
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Editorial

Unchanging Mortality from Pulmonary Embolism in the United States

Yon K Sung et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Nov.
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