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Pulmonary
Concurrent

Controversies in Pulmonary Embolism (Flipped Session)

Sunday, March 22, 2026
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Central Time
Location: W187

    Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

  • SH

    Steven Hollenberg, MD, FACC, FAHA

    Director, Cardiac Intensive Care
    Emory University Hospital, Georgia

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

This flipped session will divide attendees into small workgroups to discuss clinical cases that epitomize clinical dilemmas in pulmonary embolism. Each group will share their decision for addressing the dilemma and explain the group's rationale. The multidisciplinary expert panel will then discuss the groups’ decisions and their own opinions. This format will engage the attendees in group problem-solving while allowing the faculty to present relevant data and share their clinical thought processes. Potential dilemmas might involve when to administer thrombolytic therapy, when to consider mechanical thrombectomy, when to call for surgical thrombectomy, and when anticoagulation alone might suffice.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify indications for and contraindications to thrombolytic therapy in patients with submassive pulmonary embolism
  • Decide between mechanical and surgical thrombectomy for pulmonary embolism
  • Identify patients for whom anticoagulation alone is the best option

Presentations:

  • 4:30 PM - 5:05 PM Central Time
    Controversies in Pulmonary Embolism

    Daniel Schimmel, MD (he/him/his)

  • 5:05 PM - 5:20 PM Central Time
    Controversies in Pulmonary Embolism

    Parth Rali, MD, FCCP