TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Devices for Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism A1 - Hayagreev, Vibha A1 - Bhatti, Iqra A1 - Jadhav, Preeti A1 - Ishak, Charbel A1 - Vittorio, Timothy J. A1 - Khannal, Sneha A2 - Sharma, Samin K. A2 - Vittorio, Timothy J. A2 - Saad, Muhammad Y1 - 2024 N1 - T2 - Devices in Cardiac Critical Care AB - Case PresentationA 65-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with acute onset of dyspnea, chest pain, and palpitations. Comorbidities include coronary artery disease, hypertension, and uterine cancer. The patient currently takes metoprolol, lisinopril, and aspirin. On examination, she is tachycardic, tachypneic, and hypoxic.Blood pressure is 122/84 mmHg. Electrocardiogram shows sinus tachycardia. Chest X-ray shows no acute cardiopulmonary pathology. Computed tomography for pulmonary embolism shows acute pulmonary embolism.The patient is admitted to intensive care unit for further management while being referred to interventionist for percutaneous treatment and evaluation for catheter-directed thrombolysis. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2025/07/17 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1207371144 ER -