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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Current Pharmaceutical Design</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Current Pharmaceutical Design</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Current Pharmaceutical Design</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">1381-6128</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">1873-4286</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Bentham Science</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">645704</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2174/0113816128308493240418075258</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading"><subject>Immunology, Inflammation &amp;amp; Allergy</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism beyond Anticoagulation</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Lakkas</surname><given-names>Lampros</given-names></name><email>info@benthamscience.net</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Katsouras</surname><given-names>Christos</given-names></name><email>info@benthamscience.net</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><institution>2nd Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Ioannina</institution></aff><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-05-10" publication-format="electronic"><day>10</day><month>05</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>30</volume><issue>18</issue><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>1382</fpage><lpage>1385</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-01-11"><day>11</day><month>01</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Bentham Science Publishers</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bentham Science Publishers</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/1381-6128/article/view/645704">https://journals.eco-vector.com/1381-6128/article/view/645704</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p/></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Pulmonary embolism</kwd><kwd>anticoagulation</kwd><kwd>thrombolysis</kwd><kwd>intermediate-risk</kwd><kwd>high-risk</kwd><kwd>embolectomy.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Johnson AJ, Tillett WS. 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