Adherence to International Guidelines Directed Risk Stratification and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism, an Egyptian Experience

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third most frequent cardiovascular disease and is associated with a high mortality burden PE is defined as the obstruction of a pulmonary artery, mostly resulting from the dislodgement of thrombotic material from the lower limbs. It has a wide variety of presentations, ranging from an asymptomatic incidental finding to circulatory collapse and sudden death Pulmonary embolism response teams (PERTs) have emerged as a multidisciplinary team for managing acute pulmonary embolism, with a rapid activation process for multimodality assessment, risk stratification and best management especially for complex challenge cases. PERTs help in improving time to PE diagnosis; shorter time to initiation of anticoagulation reducing hospital length of stay, increasing use of advanced therapies as catheter directed therapies without an increase in bleeding complications with decreasing mortality