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Correspondence
Risk stratification in pulmonary embolism: an algorithmic tool approach
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  1. N Ahmad1,
  2. K Srinivasan2,
  3. H Moudgil2
  1. 1University Hospitals of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK
  2. 2The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust, Apley Castle, Telford, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr N Ahmad, University Hospitals of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire ST4 6QG, UK; navvydoc{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2011.159699

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    It is with much interest we read the article by Jiménez et al1 and the accompanying editorial2 Focusing investigation on patients with symptomatic pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) but who are normotensive at presentation, it reminds us that work still needs to be undertaken for the 95% of patients (including the 15% with submassive disease) who remain haemodynamically stable and excluded from thrombolysis, if current guidelines are followed.3 Anecdotally, with the increased use of CT pulmonary angiography, clinicians more readily visualise thrombus burden and, despite the lack of scientific …

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