Patient selection: status post pulmonary embolism
Features of the post-pulmonary embolism syndrome:
(1) decreased exercise tolerance (with exercise limitation)
(2) persistent dyspnea
(3) disability with impaired quality of life
(4) occurrence > 3 months after the embolism, despite adequate anticoagulation therapy
Underlying conditions may include:
(1) chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease (CTED)
(2) chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)
(3) chronic heart failure with left-sided diastolic dysfunction
(4) valvular heart disease
(5) coronary artery disease
(6) morbid obesity
(7) COPD or other pulmonary disease
(8) other comorbid conditions
