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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Barco S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6200624 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of vascular diseases 20180901 3
Pulmonary embolism (PE) contributes substantially to the global disease burden. A key determinant of early adverse outcomes is the presence (and severity) of right ventricular dysfunction. Consequently, risk-adapted management strategies continue to evolve, tailoring acute treatment to the patients' clinical presentation, hemodynamic status, imaging and biochemical markers, and comorbidity. For subjects with hemodynamic instability or 'high-risk' PE, immediate systemic reperfusion treatment with ...[more]