Progress in the management of acute pulmonary embolism.

Purpose of review Pulmonary embolism is a major contributor to global disease burden worldwide. The 2014 guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology, endorsed by the European Respiratory Society, emphasize the need for initial and advanced risk stratification as well as risk-adapted treatment to ensure the highest quality of care. This review summarizes the progress in pulmonary embolism diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment. Recent findings Major advances of the past 12 months include age-related biomarker cutoff levels for optimising pulmonary embolism diagnosis and risk stratification; detection of (isolated) subsegmental pulmonary embolism by computed tomographic pulmonary angi…