How do you follow pulmonary embolism patients who have completed anticoagulation?
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Pulmonology · Cleveland Clinic
3 months after sustaining an acute PE, I asked the patients if they were back to their pre-PE level of functional capacity. If they are not, i.e. if they remain dyspneic, I get an echocardiogram and a VQ scan. If the echo during the acute PE shows RV strain or evidence of pulmonary hypertension, I r...