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SUBMITTER: Wang KL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7677645 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Kang-Ling KL Kao Yung-Ta YT Chang Wei-Tien WT Chang Hsien-Yuan HY Huang Wei-Chun WC Hsu Po-Chao PC Hsu Chih-Hsin CH Huang Chien-Lung CL Hsieh Li-Chuan LC Wang Chi-Yen CY Lin Yen-Hung YH Lin Tsung-Hsien TH Chiu Kuan-Ming KM Hwang Juey-Jen JJ Chu Pao-Hsien PH
Acta Cardiologica Sinica 20201101 6
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potential life-threatening condition and risk-adapted diagnostic and therapeutic management conveys a favorable outcome. For patients at high risk for early complications and mortality, prompt exclusion or confirmation of PE by imaging is the key step to initiate and facilitate reperfusion treatment. Among patients with hemodynamic instability, systemic thrombolysis improves survival, whereas surgical embolectomy or percutaneous intervention are alternatives in exper ...[more]