Management of pulmonary embolism: recent evidence and the new European guidelines

Eur Respir J. 2014 Dec;44(6):1385-90. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00180414.

Authors

Stavros V Konstantinides¹, Adam Torbicki²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany Dept of Cardiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece [email protected].
² Dept of Pulmonary Circulation and Thromboembolic Diseases, Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, ECZ-Otwock, Otwock, Poland.

PMID: 25435521
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00180414

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Angiography
Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
Balloon Embolectomy
Echocardiography
Embolectomy*
Europe
Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / metabolism
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
Pulmonary Embolism / metabolism
Pulmonary Embolism / therapy*
Risk Assessment

Substances

Anticoagulants
Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products
fibrin fragment D