Pulmonary Embolism (PE) to Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Disease (CTEPD): findings from a Survey of UK Physicians
Author(s)
Pepke-Zaba, Joanna
Howard, Luke
Kiely, David G
Sweeney, Shruti
Johnson, Martin
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease (CTEPD) is a complication of pulmonary embolism (PE). We conducted an online survey of UK PE-treating physicians to understand practices in the follow-up of PE and awareness of CTEPD. The physicians surveyed (N = 175) included 50 each from cardiology, respiratory and internal medicine, plus 25 haematologists. Most (89%) participants had local guidelines for PE management, and 65% reported a PE follow-up clinic, of which 69% were joint clinics. Almost half (47%) had a protocol for the investigation of CTEPD. According to participants, 129 (74%) routinely consider a diagnosis of CTEPD and 97 (55%) routinely investigate for CTEPD, with 76% of those 97 participants investigating in patients who are symptomatic at 3 months and 22% investigating in all patients. This survey demonstrated variability in the follow-up of PE and the awareness of CTEPD and its investigation. The findings support the conduct of a national audit to understand the barriers to the timely detection of CTEPD.
Date Issued
2024-01-09
Date Acceptance
2023-12-22
Citation
Advances in Respiratory Medicine, 2024, 92 (1), pp.45-57
ISSN
2543-6031
Publisher
MDPI
Start Page
45
End Page
57
Journal / Book Title
Advances in Respiratory Medicine
Volume
92
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
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4.0/).
Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
This article is an open access article
distributed under the terms and
conditions of the Creative Commons
Attribution (CC BY) license (https://
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
4.0/).
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38247551
PII: arm92010007
Subjects
Cardiology
Humans
Internal Medicine
Physicians
Pulmonary Embolism
United Kingdom
chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease
chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary embolism
pulmonary hypertension
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
Switzerland