Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism
Baumgartner, C.; Tritschler, T.; Aujesky, D. · Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie · 2024 · Heft 03 · S. 197 bis 205
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Zusammenfassung
AbstractSubsegmental pulmonary embolism (SSPE) is increasingly diagnosed with the growing use and technological advancements of multidetector computed tomography pulmonary angiography. Its diagnosis is challenging, and some presumed SSPE may actually represent imaging artifacts. Indirect evidence and results from small observational studies suggest that SSPE may be more benign than more proximal pulmonary embolism, and may thus not always require treatment. Therefore, guidelines suggest to consider a management strategy without anticoagulation in selected patients with SSPE at low risk of recurrent venous thromb…