[Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism].

Authors/Task Force Members: Adam Torbicki, Chairperson (Poland)*, Arnaud Perrier (Switzerland), Stavros Konstantinides (Germany), Giancarlo Agnelli (Italy), Nazzareno Galiè (Italy), Piotr Pruszczyk (Poland), Frank Bengel (USA), Adrian J.B. Brady (UK), Daniel Ferreira (Portugal), Uwe Janssens (Germany), Walter Klepetko (Austria), Eckhard Mayer (Germany), Martine Remy-Jardin (France), and Jean-Pierre Bassand (France)

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