Diagnosis, treatment and follow up of acute pulmonary embolism: consensus practice from the PERT consortium

B Rivera-Lebron, M McDaniel, K Ahrar… - Clinical and Applied …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition and a leading cause of morbidity
and mortality. There have been many advances in the field of PE in the last few years …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary embolism response teams: Purpose, evidence for efficacy, and future research directions

R Rosovsky, K Zhao, A Sista, B Rivera‐Lebron… - Research and practice …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States.
Although new therapeutic tools and strategies have recently been developed for the …

Interventional treatment of pulmonary embolism

DM Dudzinski, J Giri, K Rosenfield - Circulation: Cardiovascular …, 2017 - ahajournals.org
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a serious and prevalent cause of vascular disease.
Nevertheless, optimal treatment for many phenotypes of PE remains uncertain. Treating PE …

Safety of catheter‐directed thrombolysis for massive and submassive pulmonary embolism: results of a multicenter registry and meta‐analysis

TL Bloomer, GE El‐Hayek, MC McDaniel… - Catheterization and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To evaluate the safety and efficacy of catheter‐directed thrombolysis (CDT) in the
treatment of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Background The use of CDT for the treatment …

A multidisciplinary pulmonary embolism response team (PERT)—experience from a national multicenter consortium

J Schultz, N Giordano, H Zheng, BA Parry… - Pulmonary …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background We provide the first multicenter analysis of patients cared for by eight
Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams (PERTs) in the United States (US); describing the …

Thrombolysis during resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest caused by pulmonary embolism increases 30-day survival: findings from the French National …

F Javaudin, JB Lascarrou, Q Le Bastard, Q Bourry… - Chest, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Pulmonary embolism (PE) represents 2% to 5% of all causes of out-of-hospital
cardiac arrest (OHCA) and is associated with extremely unfavorable prognosis. In PE …

Early use of echocardiography in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: findings from the RIETE registry

B Bikdeli, JL Lobo, D Jiménez, P Green… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ahajournals.org
Background Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is often considered for risk stratification
of patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). We sought to determine the contemporary …

Risk stratification and management of acute pulmonary embolism

C Becattini, G Agnelli - Hematology 2014, the American Society …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
The clinical management of patients with acute pulmonary embolism is rapidly changing
over the years. The widening spectrum of clinical management strategies for these patients …

Syncope as a presentation of acute pulmonary embolism

B Altınsoy, F Erboy, H Tanrıverdi, F Uygur… - … and clinical risk …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Syncope is an atypical presentation for acute pulmonary embolism (APE). There
are conflicting data concerning syncope and prognosis of APE. Patients and methods One …

Pulmonary embolism response teams: a novel approach for the care of complex patients with pulmonary embolism

M Porres–Aguilar, JE Anaya-Ayala… - Clinical and Applied …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Pulmonary embolism represents the third most common cause of cardiovascular death in
the United States. Reperfusion therapeutic strategies such as systemic thrombolysis …