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Pulmonary
Concurrent

Clots Unraveled: Strategies to Optimize Pulmonary Embolism Management

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Central Time
Location: Skyline Ballroom, W375D

    Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

  • Quincy Tran, MD, PhD

    University of Maryland Medical Center, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Maryland

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

This session will describe strategies and updated evidence on the efficacy of pulmonary embolism response teams, catheter-directed thrombolytics, and optimization of thrombolytic selection and dosing related to the management of acute massive and submassive pulmonary embolism.

Learning Objectives:

  • Evaluate the benefits of institutional pulmonary embolism response (PERT) teams on patient outcomes
  • Appraise the evidence for tenecteplase and alteplase for acute thrombolysis in the setting of pulmonary embolism
  • Discuss safety, efficacy, and indications for catheter-directed thrombolysis

Presentations:

  • 2:35 PM - 2:50 PM Central Time
    PE Response Teams: Benefits of a Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT)

    Alexandra June Gordon, MD – Stanford University Medical Center

  • 2:50 PM - 3:05 PM Central Time
    Who Benefits From Thrombolytic Strategies for Pulmonary Embolism?

    Kellyn K. Engstrom, PharmD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic

  • 3:05 PM - 3:20 PM Central Time
    Managing the Clot Through Intervention

    Allyson M. Hynes, MD – Medical College of Wisconsin