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Unmet needs in diagnostics of acute pulmonary embolism and their determinants in Polish hospitals

Łukasz Wilczek1, Jakub Stępniewski123, Marcin Waligóra123, Kamil Jonas123, Wojciech Magoń123, Barbara Wziątek1, Romana Furtak4, Andrzej Curzytek5, Marcin Kurzyna6, Aleksander Araszkiewicz7, Marzena Frołow8, Piotr Pruszczyk9, Grzegorz Kopeć12

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