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A Comparison of Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin with Unfractionated Heparin for Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Gérald Simonneau, Hervé Sors, B Charbonnier, Yves Page, Jean-Pierre Laaban, R. Azarian, Marcel Laurent, Jean‐Lou Hirsch, Émile Ferrari, Jean‐Luc Bosson,

New England Journal of Medicine · 1997 · 783 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

Under the conditions of this study, initial subcutaneous therapy with the low-molecular-weight heparin tinzaparin appeared to be as effective and safe as intravenous unfractionated heparin in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

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