Pulmonary Embolism: From Acute PE to Chronic Complications
Pulmonary Embolism: From Acute PE to Chronic Complications (Respiratory Medicine)
by Belinda Rivera-Lebron
English | 2020 | ISBN: 3030517357 | 226 Pages | PDF EPUB | 16 MB
by Belinda Rivera-Lebron
English | 2020 | ISBN: 3030517357 | 226 Pages | PDF EPUB | 16 MB
This book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of all stages of pulmonary embolism, starting with acute and ending with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is responsible for 150-250,000 hospitalizations and 60-100,000 deaths each year in the United States, making it the third most common cause of cardiovascular death. Acute PE spans a wide spectrum of clinical outcomes mainly based on the right ventricle’s (RV) capacity to tolerate strain. There have been many recent advances in the field of PE, including guidelines on classification and risk stratification, anticoagulation, as well as evolving areas in treatment options and follow up.