Prognostic value of right ventricular dysfunction or elevated cardiac biomarkers in patients with low-risk pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Barco, SH Mahmoudpour, B Planquette… - European heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims Patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) classified as low risk by the Pulmonary
Embolism Severity Index (PESI), its simplified version (sPESI), or the Hestia criteria may be …

Prognostic models in acute pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Elias, S Mallett, M Daoud-Elias, JN Poggi… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To review the evidence for existing prognostic models in acute pulmonary
embolism (PE) and determine how valid and useful they are for predicting patient outcomes …

Antithrombotic therapy for VTE disease: second update of the CHEST guideline and expert panel report

SM Stevens, SC Woller, LB Kreuziger, H Bounameaux… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
Background This is the 2nd update to the 9th edition of these guidelines. We provide
recommendations on 17 PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome) questions …

Antithrombotic therapy for VTE disease: CHEST guideline and expert panel report

C Kearon, EA Akl, J Ornelas, A Blaivas, D Jimenez… - Chest, 2016 - Elsevier
Background We update recommendations on 12 topics that were in the 9th edition of these
guidelines, and address 3 new topics. Methods We generate strong (Grade 1) and weak …

Antithrombotic therapy for VTE disease: antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice …

C Kearon, EA Akl, AJ Comerota, P Prandoni… - Chest, 2012 - Elsevier
Background This article addresses the treatment of VTE disease. Methods We generated
strong (Grade 1) and weak (Grade 2) recommendations based on high-quality (Grade A) …

Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial

D Aujesky, PM Roy, F Verschuren, M Righini… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Background Although practice guidelines recommend outpatient care for selected,
haemodynamically stable patients with pulmonary embolism, most treatment is presently …

Right ventricle assessment in patients with pulmonary embolism at low risk for death based on clinical models: an individual patient data meta-analysis

C Becattini, G Maraziti, DR Vinson, ACC Ng… - European heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims Patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) at low risk for short-term death are
candidates for home treatment or short-hospital stay. We aimed at determining whether the …

Acute pulmonary embolism: a concise review of diagnosis and management

M Hepburn‐Brown, J Darvall… - Internal medicine …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
An acute pulmonary embolism (aPE) is characterised by occlusion of one or more
pulmonary arteries. Physiological disturbance may be minimal, but often cardiac output …

Troponin elevation in conditions other than acute coronary syndromes

A Tanindi, M Cemri - Vascular health and risk management, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Acute coronary syndromes comprise a large spectrum of clinical conditions ranging from
unstable angina pectoris to acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Chest pain is usually …

Increasing safe outpatient management of emergency department patients with pulmonary embolism: a controlled pragmatic trial

DR Vinson, DG Mark, UK Chettipally… - Annals of Internal …, 2018 - acpjournals.org
Background: Many low-risk patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in the emergency
department (ED) are eligible for outpatient care but are hospitalized nonetheless. One …