ME5 Meet the expert
Persisting symptoms after pulmonary embolism
Clinical
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To describe a diagnostic and therapeutic strategy for patients with persistent symptoms after acute pulmonary embolism (PE); to discuss the epidemiology of symptoms after acute PE; the differential diagnosis; the pathophysiological mechanisms of disease, including dead space ventilation, right ventricle dysfunction, and pulmonary hypertension; an overview of how to manage patients with persistent symptoms; and current treatment strategies including pulmonary endarterectomy (PET) and balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA).
Target audience :
Cardiologist, Clinician, Junior member, Nurse, Physiotherapist, Pulmonologist, Radiologist, Resident, Respiratory physician, Trainee
13:00
Persisting symptoms after pulmonary embolism
M. Held(Wuerzburg, Germany)
COI
1
2915
13:40
Interview by a junior member
E. ŚWIETLIK(CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom)
COI
2
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