Pulmonary Embolism Response Team

The Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) is a multidisciplinary team composed of pulmonary/critical care, interventional radiology, cardiology, hematology, and cardiothoracic surgeons who coordinate and expedite the treatment of acute pulmonary embolism.
The introduction of PERT has demonstrated reduction in all cause 30-day mortality, intensive care unit length of stay, and associated hospital admission costs.
The 2019 European Society of Cardiology guidelines for acute pulmonary embolism recommend establishment of PERT to optimize care.

All patients with intermediate and high risk pulmonary embolism will be seen by PERT, who will collaboratively determine the best treatment strategy and follow up plan.
Outpatient consultation in the PERT "follow-up clinic" for patients with lower risk pulmonary embolism who were diagnosed in the outpatient setting or who were not evaluated during their hospitalization.

On activation, the on-call pulmonary fellow will determine if immediate face to face evaluation is necessary. All patients with high risk and intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism will be promptly evaluated by the pulmonary fellow and attending. Based on assessment, they will determine if a multidisciplinary team meeting is required.

The PERT Consortium intends to guide and influence PE care and research in institutions across the U.S. and will be the driving force behind increased survival rates and the future of PE treatment. As a member of the PERT Consortium, we will be joining their national registry to facilitate data collection, analysis, presentation and publication.
This will enable participation in multicenter clinical trials, population and health policy analyses, outcome studies, surveys, and translational research.