This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, edited by Drs. Peter Marshall and Wassim Fares, focuses on Pulmonary Embolism, with topics including: Clinical Probability Tools for DVT, PE, & Bleeding; Prevention of DVTs and Pulmonary Emboli: General Measures and High-Risk Populations; Diagnosis of DVTs and PEs: New Imaging Tools and Modalities; Perfusion Defects Misdiagnosed as Pulmonary Emboli; The Vicious Cycle of Hypercoagulability and Pulmonary Hypertension; VTE in Special Populations; Preganncy and Thrombo-embolic Disease; Challenges and Changes to the Management of PE in the Emergency Department; The Value of Bedside Echocardiogram in the Setting of Acute & Chronic Pulmonary Embolism; Management of Low-Risk PE; Update on the 'Novel' and Direct Oral Anticoagulants; Risk Stratification: Definitive/Aggressive Treatment of Hemodynamically Stable but Intermediate Risk Patients; Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT); Surgical and Other Interventions for DVTs; IVC Filters; Catheter-Based Therapies of Pulmonary Emboli; Surgical-Based Therapies for PEs; and Chronic Thrombo-embolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH).
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. CME Accreditation Page - p. xii 7. Forthcoming Issues - p. xiv 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Clinical Probability Tools for Deep Venous Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism, and Bleeding - p. 473 10. Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in High-Risk Medical Patients - p. 483 11. Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism: New Imaging Tools and Modalities - p. 493 12. Intraluminal Arterial Filling Defects Misdiagnosed as Pulmonary Emboli: What Else Could They Be? - p. 505 13. Venous Thromboembolism in Special Populations: Preexisting Cardiopulmonary Disease, Cirrhosis, End-Stage Renal Disease, and Asplenia - p. 515 14. Pregnancy and Pulmonary Embolism - p. 525 15. Challenges and Changes to the Management of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department - p. 539 16. The Value of Bedside Echocardiogram in the Setting of Acute and Chronic Pulmonary Embolism - p. 549 17. Management of Low-Risk Pulmonary Embolism - p. 561 18. Aggressive Treatment of Intermediate-Risk Patients with Acute Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolism - p. 569 19. An Update on the “Novel” and Direct Oral Anticoagulants, and Long-Term Anticoagulant Therapy - p. 583 20. Hypercoagulability in Pulmonary Hypertension - p. 595 21. Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: An Update - p. 605 22. Pulmonary Embolism Response Team: Inpatient Structure, Outpatient Follow-up, and Is It the Current Standard of Care? - p. 621 23. Endovascular and Open Surgery for Deep Vein Thrombosis - p. 631 24. Inferior Vena Cava Filters: Why, Who, and for How Long? - p. 645 25. Catheter-Based Therapies for Pulmonary Emboli - p. 651 26. Surgical Management of Acute and Chronic Pulmonary Embolism - p. 659
This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, edited by Drs. Peter Marshall and Wassim Fares, focuses on Pulmonary Embolism, with topics including: Clinical Probability Tools for DVT, PE, & Bleeding; Prevention of DVTs and Pulmonary Emboli: General Measures and High-Risk Populations; Diagnosis of DVTs and PEs: New Imaging Tools and Modalities; Perfusion Defects Misdiagnosed as Pulmonary Emboli; The Vicious Cycle of Hypercoagulability and Pulmonary Hypertension; VTE in Special Populations; Preganncy and Thrombo-embolic Disease; Challenges and Changes to the Management of PE in the Emergency Department; The Value of Bedside Echocardiogram in the Setting of Acute & Chronic Pulmonary Embolism; Management of Low-Risk PE; Update on the 'Novel' and Direct Oral Anticoagulants; Risk Stratification: Definitive/Aggressive Treatment of Hemodynamically Stable but Intermediate Risk Patients; Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT); Surgical and Other Interventions for DVTs; IVC Filters; Catheter-Based Therapies of Pulmonary Emboli; Surgical-Based Therapies for PEs; and Chronic Thrombo-embolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH).
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. CME Accreditation Page - p. xii 7. Forthcoming Issues - p. xiv 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Clinical Probability Tools for Deep Venous Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism, and Bleeding - p. 473 10. Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in High-Risk Medical Patients - p. 483 11. Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism: New Imaging Tools and Modalities - p. 493 12. Intraluminal Arterial Filling Defects Misdiagnosed as Pulmonary Emboli: What Else Could They Be? - p. 505 13. Venous Thromboembolism in Special Populations: Preexisting Cardiopulmonary Disease, Cirrhosis, End-Stage Renal Disease, and Asplenia - p. 515 14. Pregnancy and Pulmonary Embolism - p. 525 15. Challenges and Changes to the Management of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department - p. 539 16. The Value of Bedside Echocardiogram in the Setting of Acute and Chronic Pulmonary Embolism - p. 549 17. Management of Low-Risk Pulmonary Embolism - p. 561 18. Aggressive Treatment of Intermediate-Risk Patients with Acute Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolism - p. 569 19. An Update on the “Novel” and Direct Oral Anticoagulants, and Long-Term Anticoagulant Therapy - p. 583 20. Hypercoagulability in Pulmonary Hypertension - p. 595 21. Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: An Update - p. 605 22. Pulmonary Embolism Response Team: Inpatient Structure, Outpatient Follow-up, and Is It the Current Standard of Care? - p. 621 23. Endovascular and Open Surgery for Deep Vein Thrombosis - p. 631 24. Inferior Vena Cava Filters: Why, Who, and for How Long? - p. 645 25. Catheter-Based Therapies for Pulmonary Emboli - p. 651 26. Surgical Management of Acute and Chronic Pulmonary Embolism - p. 659
