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Task Force Report

Guidelines on diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism

This document has been reviewed by members of the Committee for Scientific and Clinical Initiatives and by members of the Board of the European Society of Cardiology (see Appendix 1), who approved the document on 14 April 2000. The full text of this document is available on the website of the European Society of Cardiology in the section ‘Scientific Information’, Guidelines.

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