Fig. 1
From: Recent advances in the management of pulmonary embolism: focus on the critically ill patients
Proposal for hemodynamic management in high-risk PE: *in the absence of contraindication; **may improve the coupling between the right ventricle and the pulmonary circulation by increasing the RV contraction and decreasing the pulmonary vascular resistance. RV right ventricle, LV left ventricle, CTPA computed tomography pulmonary angiography, CO cardiac output, MV mechanical ventilation, NO nitric oxide inhalation, VA ECMO veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation