A Comprehensive Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a complex disease that requires a multidisciplinary approach to diagnoses and management. Please join us to hear our panel of experts discuss the complexities of the disease process, the importance of engaging the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) and the current treatment algorithms for acute PE. 

Topics include:

  • Pulmonary Embolism 
  • Current Treatment Paradigm of Submassive Pulmonary Embolism
  • Surgical Embolectomy and ECMO Support for High-Risk/Massive Pulmonary Embolisms

Target Audience

Cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, echocardiographers, pulmonologists, hematologists, general internists, primary care physicians, intensivists, emergency medicine physicians, hospitalists, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, respiratory therapists (direct delivery) and other interested healthcare providers.

Learning Objectives

  • Utilize appropriate testing and Cerner order sets for acute pulmonary embolism.
  • Consult the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) regarding patients with intermediate- or high-risk pulmonary embolism.
  • Initiate anticoagulation immediately on suspected diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Piazza G. (2020). Advanced Management of Intermediate- and High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: JACC Focus Seminar. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 76(18), 2117–2127. 
  • Tapson, V. F., & Weinberg, A. S. (2020). Overview of Management of Intermediate- and High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism. Critical care clinics, 36(3), 449–463. 
  • Bashir, R., Foster, M., Iskander, A., Darki, A., Jaber, W., Rali, P. M., ... & Sista, A. K. (2022). Pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis with the Bashir endovascular catheter for acute pulmonary embolism: the RESCUE study. Cardiovascular Interventions, 15(23), 2427-2436.
  • Giri, J., Sista, A. K., Weinberg, I., Kearon, C., Kumbhani, D. J., Desai, N. D., ... & Barnes, G. D. (2019). Interventional therapies for acute pulmonary embolism: current status and principles for the development of novel evidence: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation, 140(20), e774-e801.
  • Goldberg, J. B., Giri, J., Kobayashi, T., Ruel, M., Mittnacht, A. J., Rivera-Lebron, B., ... & American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology; Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health; and Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease. (2023). Surgical management and mechanical circulatory support in high-risk pulmonary embolisms: historical context, current status, and future directions: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation, 147(9), e628-e647.
     
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ABS MOC II
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Course opens: 
07/01/2023
Course expires: 
06/30/2026
Part of: 
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute Grand Rounds e-Learning Series

Ian Del Conde Pozzi, M.D., FACC
Director of Vascular Medicine
Associate Director of Cardiology
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida

Ripal Gandhi, M.D., FSIR, FSVM
Diagnostic Radiology, Vascular Interventional Radiology
Miami Cancer Institute and Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
Baptist Health South Florida
Professor of Interventional Radiology 
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Marc Gibber, M.D. 
Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Bethesda Hospital
Baptist Health South Florida
Boynton Beach, Florida

Ian Del Conde Pozzi, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, is on the speakers’ bureau for Pfizer, Abbott, Janssen and Boston Scientific, and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Ripal Gandhi, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, is on the speakers’ bureau for Penumbra, Sirtex, Medtronic and Inari Medical; a consultant for Inari Medical, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Cordis, Argon Medical, Sirtex and BD; and an advisor for Trisalus Life Sciences. He has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Marc Gibber, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Brian Schiro, M.D., director of this educational activity, is a consultant for Phillips and a member of the speakers’ bureau for Medtronic, Phillips, Penumbra, Cook and Sirtex. 

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose. 

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 

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Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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American Board of Surgery - Maintenance of Certification (MOC) - Accredited CME -  Vascular Surgery

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Available Credit

  • 1.00 ABS MOC II
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
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