determination and the implementation of preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic medical
strategies. However, the ESC Guidelines do not override in any way whatsoever the …

We have previously demonstrated that a clinical model can be safely used in a management
strategy in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE). We sought to simplify the …

The task of developing ESC Guidelines covers not only the integration of the most recent
research, but also the creation of educational tools and implementation programmes for the …

Document Reviewers: Jose-Luis Zamorano,(CPG Review Coordinator)(Spain), Felicita
Andreotti (Italy), Michael Ascherman (Czech Republic), George Athanassopoulos (Greece) …

Background: The limitations of the current diagnostic standard, ventilation-perfusion lung
scanning, complicate the management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. We …

Acute pulmonary embolism may occur rapidly and unpredictably and may be difficult to
diagnose. Treatment can reduce mortality, and appropriate primary prophylaxis is usually …

Background: The low specificity of ventilation-perfusion lung scanning complicates the
management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. Objective: To determine the …

Pulmonary hypertension remained an unexplained intractable disease with poor prognosis.
In the last 2 decades, however, the diagnosis and treatment methods for this disease …

Major pulmonary embolism (PE) results whenever the combination of embolism size and
underlying cardiopulmonary status interact to produce hemodynamic instability. Physical …

Background Prophylaxis against deep-vein thrombosis in hospitalized patients remains
underused. We hypothesized that the use of a computer-alert program to encourage …