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2019 Guidelines on Acute Pulmonary Embolism (Diagnosis and Management of)

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

31 Aug 2019

This document follows the previous ESC guidelines focusing on the clinical management of pulmonary embolism (PE) published in 2000, 2008, and 2014. Many recommendations have been retained or their validity has been reinforced; however, new data have extended or modified our knowledge in respect of the optimal diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of patients with PE.

These new aspects have been integrated into previous knowledge to suggest optimal and — whenever possible — objectively validated management strategies for patients with suspected or confirmed PE.

Guidelines and related materials are for use by individuals for personal or educational purposes. No commercial use is allowed. Re-use permission must be correctly obtained from the publisher.

Clinical
Pulmonary Embolism
Acute Cardiac Care
Valvular, Myocardial, Pericardial, Pulmonary, Congenital Heart Disease
Pulmonary Hypertension
Venous Thromboembolism
Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure

Endorsed by cardiac societies

Austrian Society of Cardiology , Azerbaijan Society of Cardiology , Belgian Society of Cardiology , Association of Cardiologists of Bosnia & Herzegovina , Bulgarian Society of Cardiology , Croatian Cardiac Society , Czech Society of Cardiology , Estonian Society of Cardiology , French Society of Cardiology , Hungarian Society of Cardiology , Hellenic Society of Cardiology , Italian Federation of Cardiology , Kosovo Society of Cardiology , Kyrgyz Society of Cardiology , Latvian Society of Cardiology , Lebanese Society of Cardiology , Lithuanian Society of Cardiology , Luxembourg Society of Cardiology , Maltese Cardiac Society , The National Society of Cardiology of North Macedonia , Polish Cardiac Society , Portuguese Society of Cardiology , Romanian Society of Cardiology , Russian Society of Cardiology* , San Marino Society of Cardiology , Cardiology Society of Serbia , Slovak Society of Cardiology , Slovenian Society of Cardiology , Spanish Society of Cardiology , Swiss Society of Cardiology , Turkish Society of Cardiology , Ukrainian Association of Cardiology


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https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehz405

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 2019
 Acute PE
Web addenda
 2019
 APE
Pocket guidelines
 2019
 ESC Pocket Guidelines on Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Slide-set
 2019
 2019 Slide-set
App
 2019
 Acute PE Mobile App with interactive tools
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 10 Commandments-APE
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 2014
 Eur Heart J doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehu283
Corrigendum
 2015
 doi.10.1093/eurheartj/ehu479
Corrigendum
 2015
 APE
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 2014
 Web Addenda
Slide-set
 2014
 40 Slides on Acute PE

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