2014 ESC guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism

Konstantinides, Stavros V.; Torbicki, Adam; Agnelli, Giancarlo; Danchin, Nicolas; Fitzmaurice, David; Galiè, Nazzareno; Gibbs, J. Simon R.; Huisman, Menno V.; Humbert, Marc; Kucher, Nils; Lang, Irene; Lankeit, Mareike; Lekakis, John; Maack, Christoph; Mayer, Eckhard; Meneveau, Nicolas; Perrier, Arnaud; Pruszczyk, Piotr; Rasmussen, Lars H.; Schindler, Thomas H.; Svitil, Pavel; Noordegraaf, Anton Vonk; Zamorano, Jose Luis; Zompatori, Maurizio; Achenbach, Stephan; Baumgartner, Helmut; Bax, Jeroen J.; Bueno, Hector; Dean, Veronica; Deaton, Christi; Erol, Çetin; Fagard, Robert; Ferrari, Roberto; Hasdai, David; Hoes, Arno; Kirchhof, Paulus; Knuuti, Juhani; Kolh, Philippe; Lancellotti, Patrizio; Linhart, Ales; Nihoyannopoulos, Petros; Piepoli, Massimo F.; Ponikowski, Piotr; Sirnes, Per Anton; Tamargo, Juan Luis; Tendera, Michal; Wijns, William; Windecker, Stephan; Jimenez, David; Ageno, Walter; Agewall, Stefan; Asteggiano, Riccardo; Bauersachs, Rupert; Becattini, Cecilia; Bounameaux, Henri; Büller, Harry R.; Davos, Constantinos H.; Geersing, Geert-Jan; Sanchez, Miguel Angel Gómez; Hendriks, Jeroen; Kilickap, Mustafa; Mareev, Viacheslav; Monreal, Manuel; Morais, Joao; Popescu, Bogdan A.; Sanchez, Olivier; Spyropoulos, Alex C; Fedele, Francesco

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehu283

Guidelines summarize and evaluate all available evidence at the time of the writing process, on a particular issue with the aim of assisting health professionals in selecting the best management strategies for an individual patient, with a given condition, taking into account the impact on outcome, aswell as the risk-benefit-ratio of particular diagnostic or therapeutic means. Guidelines and recommendations should help the health professionals to make decisions in their daily practice. However, the final decisions concerning an individual patient must be made by the responsible health professional(s) in consultation with the patient and caregiver as appropriate

2014 ESC guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism / Konstantinides, Stavros V.; Torbicki, Adam; Agnelli, Giancarlo; Danchin, Nicolas; Fitzmaurice, David; Galiè, Nazzareno; Gibbs, J. Simon R.; Huisman, Menno V.; Humbert, Marc; Kucher, Nils; Lang, Irene; Lankeit, Mareike; Lekakis, John; Maack, Christoph; Mayer, Eckhard; Meneveau, Nicolas; Perrier, Arnaud; Pruszczyk, Piotr; Rasmussen, Lars H.; Schindler, Thomas H.; Svitil, Pavel; Noordegraaf, Anton Vonk; Zamorano, Jose Luis; Zompatori, Maurizio; Achenbach, Stephan; Baumgartner, Helmut; Bax, Jeroen J.; Bueno, Hector; Dean, Veronica; Deaton, Christi; Erol, Çetin; Fagard, Robert; Ferrari, Roberto; Hasdai, David; Hoes, Arno; Kirchhof, Paulus; Knuuti, Juhani; Kolh, Philippe; Lancellotti, Patrizio; Linhart, Ales; Nihoyannopoulos, Petros; Piepoli, Massimo F.; Ponikowski, Piotr; Sirnes, Per Anton; Tamargo, Juan Luis; Tendera, Michal; Wijns, William; Windecker, Stephan; Jimenez, David; Ageno, Walter; Agewall, Stefan; Asteggiano, Riccardo; Bauersachs, Rupert; Becattini, Cecilia; Bounameaux, Henri; Büller, Harry R.; Davos, Constantinos H.; Geersing, Geert-Jan; Sanchez, Miguel Angel Gómez; Hendriks, Jeroen; Kilickap, Mustafa; Mareev, Viacheslav; Monreal, Manuel; Morais, Joao; Popescu, Bogdan A.; Sanchez, Olivier; Spyropoulos, Alex C; Fedele, Francesco. - In: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. - ISSN 0195-668X. - 35:43(2014), pp. 3033-3080. [10.1093/eurheartj/ehu283]