Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Clinical Guideline Update

In this episode Dr. Sergio Zanotti discusses the recently released Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Adults. This guideline is a report of the American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. He is joined by Dr. Mark Creager, the lead author and chair of the writing committee for these guidelines. Dr. Creager is Professor of Medicine and Professor of Surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. A past president of the American Heart Association, he is an internationally recognized leader in vascular and cardiovascular medicine with more than 400 scientific publications. Additional resources: 2026 AHA/ACC/ACEP/CHEST/SCAI/SHM/SIR/SVM/SVN Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation 2026: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001415 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 2023: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001117 Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease: Second Update of the CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report. CHEST 20: https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(21)01506-3/fulltext Books mentioned in this episode: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. By Doris Kearns Goodwin: https://bit.ly/4skCS0c Alexander Hamilton. By Ron Chernow: https://bit.ly/4rFuxTw Vascular Medicine: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease. By Mark Creager et al.: https://bit.ly/4uHZ4Dc