PERTs Aim to Disentangle Gordian Knot of Acute Pulmonary Embolism

tctmd.com January 3, 2017

The concept of a rapid response team for acute PE has spread quickly across the United States, although the impact remains unclear. A recently published research letter in CHEST showed that the most common specialties involved are pulmonary/critical care (in 84% of PERTs), interventional cardiology (79%), and emergency medicine (63%).