Pulmonary Embolism

Eno Obong Essien; Parth Rali; Stephen Mathai

doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2018.12.013

Pulmonary Embolism

Eno Obong Essien, Parth Rali, Stephen Mathai

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Abstract

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) includes pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis. PE is the third most common cause of cardiovascular death worldwide after stroke and heart attack. Management of PE has evolved recently with the availability of local thrombolysis; mechanical extraction devices; hemodynamic support devices, like extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; and surgical embolectomy. There has been development of multidisciplinary PE response teams nationwide to optimize the care of patients with VTE. This review describes the epidemiology of PE, discusses diagnostic strategies and current and emerging treatments for VTE, and considers post-PE follow-up care.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	549-564
Number of pages	16
Journal	Medical Clinics of North America
Volume	103
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcna.2018.12.013
State	Published - May 1 2019

Keywords

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
Pulmonary embolism (PE)
Pulmonary embolism response team
Venous thromboembolism (VTE)

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Medicine(all)

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