Acute pulmonary embolism: endovascular therapy | Zendy

Stephen P. Reis | Zendy; Ken Zhao | Zendy; Noor Ani Ahmad | Zendy; R. Widemon | Zendy; C Root | Zendy; Seth Toomay | Zendy; James M. Horowitz | Zendy; Akhilesh K. Sista | Zendy

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Acute pulmonary embolism: endovascular therapy

Author(s) -

Stephen P. Reis,

Ken Zhao,

Noor Ani Ahmad,

R. Widemon,

C Root,

Seth Toomay,

James M. Horowitz,

Akhilesh K. Sista

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.83

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 2223-3660

pISSN - 2223-3652

DOI - 10.21037/cdt.2017.12.05

Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , thrombolysis , intensive care medicine , risk stratification , disease , surgery , myocardial infarction

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. PE is a complex disease with a highly variable presentation and the available treatment options for PE are expanding rapidly. Anticoagulation (AC), systemic lysis, surgery, and catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) play important roles in treating patients with PE. Thus, a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis, risk stratification, and therapy is required to determine which treatment option is best for a given patient with this complex disease.

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