Pulmonary Embolism Treatment. If you have a PE, your treatment might include medicine, surgery, or other procedures. The goal is to keep the clot from growing and to stop new clots from forming. ...

A subsegmental pulmonary embolism is a blood clot located on a distal, or distant and less central, branch of the pulmonary arteries. Treatment can depend on symptoms and risk factors.

Subcutaneous fondaparinux versus intravenous unfractionated heparin in the initial treatment of pulmonary embolism. N Engl J Med 2003;349:1695-1702[Erratum, N Engl J Med 2004;350:423.] ...

After treatment for pulmonary embolism, a person should follow all healthcare professionals’ advice on taking medication, lifestyle changes, and follow-up care. Pulmonary System Respiratory ...

2021 OCT 29-- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News--- The blockage of lung arteries by a blood clot results in pulmonary embolism- a condition requiring emergency care that ...

Oral Rivaroxaban for the Treatment of Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolism . EINSTEIN-PE Investigators, Buller HR, Prins MH, et al N Engl J Med. 2012;366:1287-1297 ...

A saddle pulmonary embolism (PE) is a rare kind of PE, named for its position in the lungs. Every type of PE needs urgent medical treatment. Learn more about the causes, risk factors, treatments ...

The concept of PERT — Pulmonary Embolism Response Team — emerged in recent years. The first PERT was formed almost 5 years ago at Massachusetts General Hospital, which coined the acronym, and ...

Between February, 2007, and June, 2010, 344 eligible patients with acute, symptomatic pulmonary embolism were enrolled in the study. The patients were 18 years or older.

Low-molecular-weight heparins have replaced unfractionated heparin for the treatment of most patients with deep-vein thrombosis, 3 but in patients with symptomatic acute pulmonary embolism they ...

Saddle pulmonary embolism is where a large blood clot sits on top of, or "saddles", the main pulmonary artery at the point where the artery divides and branches into the left and right lung. Learn ...

More information: Andrea Stadlbauer et al, Management of high-risk acute pulmonary embolism: an emulated target trial analysis, Intensive Care Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s00134-025-07805-4 ...