Pulmonary embolism: controversies in management

Respiratory medicine meets other disciplines
Chairs: M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France), S. Ramjug (Altrincham, United Kingdom)
Aims: To describe the interaction and involvement of cardiology and pulmonology specialities in the care of patients with pulmonary embolism or pulmonary hypertension. The novelties presented here are moving the field forward beyond the current guidelines, which were jointly developed by the European Society of Cardiology and European Respiratory Society.

ESC/ERS position paper on optimal follow-up after acute pulmonary embolism E. Klok (Leiden, Netherlands)
Treatment and prevention of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism L. Bertoletti (Saint Etienne Cedex, France)
Interventional treatment of pulmonary embolism: catheter-delivered local thrombolysis versus reduced-dose systemic thrombolysis L. Howard (London, United Kingdom)
Can right ventricle imaging improve risk stratification in pulmonary arterial hypertension? F. De Man (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Discussion and Q&A