determination and the implementation of preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic medical
strategies. However, the ESC Guidelines do not override in any way whatsoever the …

Pulmonary embolism is the third most common cause of death from cardiovascular disease
after heart attack and stroke. Sequelae occurring after venous thromboembolism include …

The task of develo** ESC Guidelines covers not only the integration of the most recent
research, but also the creation of educational tools and implementation programmes for the …

Document Reviewers: Jose-Luis Zamorano,(CPG Review Coordinator)(Spain), Felicita
Andreotti (Italy), Michael Ascherman (Czech Republic), George Athanassopoulos (Greece) …

Background: Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism requires clinical probability assessment.
Implicit assessment is accurate but is not standardized, and current prediction rules have …

ContextPrevious studies have evaluated the safety of relatively complex combinations of
clinical decision rules and diagnostic tests in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism …

Abstract Background and Objectives While it has long been recognized that patients with
acute unprovoked deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) have a higher …

Background—In a randomized trial in patients with proximal deep-vein thrombosis,
permanent vena cava filters reduced the incidence of pulmonary embolism but increased …

Background: Multiple‐detectors computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) has
a higher sensitivity for pulmonary embolism (PE) within the subsegmental pulmonary …

Background: Clinical probability assessment is combined with d-dimer testing to exclude
pulmonary embolism (PE). Purpose: To compare the test characteristics of gestalt (a …