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. 2019 Jul;16(7):811-814.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201901-061PS.

The Post-Pulmonary Embolism Syndrome: Real or Ruse?

Steven C Pugliese  1 , Steven M Kawut  1
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The Post-Pulmonary Embolism Syndrome: Real or Ruse?

Steven C Pugliese et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Jul.
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Figure 1.
Diagnostic algorithm for evaluation of persistent dyspnea after acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Blue boxes indicate diagnostic modalities, whereas orange, green, and red boxes indicate disease-specific diagnostic/treatment pathways. *Suggestive of pulmonary hypertension (PH) refers to intermediate- or high-probability echo criteria per 2015 European Respiratory Society (ERS) guidelines, while low probability PH refers to low probability echo criteria (2); †positive ventilation–perfusion (V˙/Q˙) or single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/computed tomography (CT) scan refers to greater than or equal to one segmental or greater than or equal to two subsegmental perfusion defects; ‡PH is defined by 2015 ERS guidelines (2). CPET = cardiopulmonary exercise testing; CTA = computed tomography angiography; CTEPH = chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; PVD = pulmonary vascular disease; rehab = rehabilitation; RHC = right heart catheterization; TTE = transthoracic echocardiogram.
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