Bapti Roy, Jin-Gun Cho, Luke Baker, Liza Thomas, Jennifer Curnow, John J Harvey, Paul Geenty, Ashoke Banerjee, Kevin Lai, Mauro Vicaretti, Odette Erksine, Jane Li, Rafid Alasady, Vanessa Wong, Jian E Tai, Caitlin Thirunavukarasu, Imran Haque, Jimmy Chien
BACKGROUND: High/intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) confers increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. International guidelines recommend the formation of a PE response team (PERT) for PE management because of the complexity of risk stratification and emerging treatment options. However, there are currently no available Australian data regarding outcomes of PE managed through a PERT. AIMS: To analyse the clinical and outcome data of patients from an Australian centre with high/intermediate-risk PE requiring PERT-guided management...
March 18, 2024: Internal Medicine Journal