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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chest Med. 2018 Sep;39(3):569–581. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2018.04.011

Figure 1. A management approach to patients with intermediate-risk* pulmonary embolism.

Figure 1

*Defined as the presence of both right ventricular dysfunction and myocardial injury.

Accumulation of factors indicating poor prognosis (right side of the Figure) may alter the risk-benefit assessment in favor of thrombolytic therapy before the development of hemodynamic instability.

Abbreviations: RV, right ventricle; bpm, beats per minute; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; ICU, intensive care unit.