Figure 1.
Guidelines for the evaluation of suspected PE in pregnancy, based on the 2011 joint publication by the American Thoracic Society and the Society of Thoracic Radiology.32 *Such as echocardiography. **In the case of a symptomatic single subsegmental PE, we recommend treatment. The ACCP’s 2016 expert panel report highlights characteristics that, when present, increase the likelihood of a true positive; the presence of symptoms (ie, not an incidental finding), and clinical high clinical pretest probability are included.50 We also review the imaging to enhance confidence of interpretation.
