Dec 17, 2019
Welcome to the first episode of PERTCast, the official podcast of the PERT Consortium!
Episode 1: Oren Friedman interviews Vic Tapson about risk stratification of the pulmonary embolism patient.
Oren Friedman MD
Associate Director, Cardiac Surgery ICU
Pulmonary Critical Care
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Victor Tapson
MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Venous Thromboembolism and Pulmonary
Vascular Disease Research Program
Associate Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Section
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
PE risk stratification Pearls: history and
classifications.
Biomarkers in PE risk stratification:
CTA based risk stratification:
Echo based risk stratification:
Residual DVT
Treatment Pearls:
Take home message:
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