This practical volume highlights traditional, novel, and evolving aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE). The contributors comprise an international team of experts. Important aspects of diagnosis, risk stratification, and differential treatment of patients with PE are presented in a concise, yet comprehensive manner. Emphasis is placed on specific issues related to PE, including pregnancy, cancer, thrombophilia, and air travel.

Zusammenfassung

Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism highlights traditional, novel, and evolving aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE). The contributors comprise an international team of experts, who have each made noteworthy contributions in this exciting field. Important aspects of diagnosis, risk stratification, and differential treatment of patients with PE are presented in a concise, yet comprehensive manner. Emphasis is placed on specific issues related to PE, including pregnancy, cancer, thrombophilia, and air travel. The authors critically review and interpret available data, and provide clear recommendations for diagnosis and therapeutic concerns in clinical management of PE patients.

Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism is organized in three precise sections - diagnosis, treatment, and special topics. Each section is up-to-date and detailed, and provides clear recommendations for diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to patients with PE in clinical practice. This practical volume is an essential starting point for future study for both medical students and established investigators.

Inhalt
Diagnostic Approach to the Patient with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism.- Clinical Probability and D-Dimer Testing.- Imaging of Acute Pulmonary Embolism.- The Search for Deep Vein Thrombosis.- Risk Stratification of Pulmonary Embolism.- Cardiac Biomarkers in the Diagnostic Workup of Pulmonary Embolism.- Importance of a Patent Foramen Ovale.- Contemporary Diagnostic Algorithm for the Hemodynamically Stable Patient With Suspected Pulmonary Embolism.- Contemporary Diagnostic Algorithm for the Hemodynamically Unstable Patient With Suspected Massive Pulmonary Embolism.- Treatment and Secondary Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism.- Heparin Anticoagulation.- Thrombolysis.- Management of the Patient With Fulminant Pulmonary Embolism Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy.- Interventional Approaches to the Treatment of Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism.- Vitamin K Antagonists and Novel Oral Anticoagulant.- Specific Aspects.- Hereditary and Acquired Thrombophilia.- Venous Thromboembolism and Cancer.- Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy.- Venous Thromboembolism in the Era of Air Travel.- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.