ABSTRACT
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) remains a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The disease encompasses a spectrum of disorders including distal calf vein thrombosis, proximal deep vein thrombosis, asymptomatic pulmonary embolism, hemodynamically stable symptomatic pulmonary embolism without right ventricular dysfunction, impending hemodynamically unstable pulmonary embolism with right ventricular dysfunction, and hemodynamically unstable massive pulmonary embolism. This chapter will focus on massive and submassive pulmonary embolism.
