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World J Cardiol. May 26, 2025; 17(5): 104983
Published online May 26, 2025. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i5.104983
Published online May 26, 2025. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i5.104983
Recent advances in risk stratification and treatment of acute pulmonary embolism
George Latsios, Emmanouil Mantzouranis, Ioannis Kachrimanidis, Panagiotis Theofilis, Sotirios Dardas, Constantina Aggeli, Costas Tsioufis, 1st Department of Cardiology, “Hippokration” General Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens 11527, Greece
Evaggelia Stroumpouli, Department of Radiology, “Hippokration” General Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens 11527, Greece
Author contributions: Latsios G and Mantzouranis E were involved in the graphical abstract; Latsios G contributed to the conceptualization of this manuscript; Latsios G, Mantzouranis E, Kachrimanidis I, Theofilis P, Dardas S, and Stroumpouli E participated in the writing and review; Latsios G, Aggeli C, and Tsioufis C contributed to the review and supervision of this manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: George Latsios, MD, PhD, Chief Physician, 1st Department of Cardio logy, “Hippokration” General Hospital, Athens Medical School, Alexandroupoleos 9, Athens 11527, Greece. glatsios@gmail.com
Received: January 11, 2025
Revised: March 6, 2025
Accepted: April 8, 2025
Published online: May 26, 2025
Processing time: 132 Days and 20.8 Hours
Revised: March 6, 2025
Accepted: April 8, 2025
Published online: May 26, 2025
Processing time: 132 Days and 20.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Pulmonary embolism remains a major clinical challenge with unacceptably high mortality, especially in inter