Hestia Criteria for Outpatient Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
Identifies low-risk PE patients safe for outpatient treatment.
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Use in hemodynamically stable patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE).
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Hestia Criteria
Low risk
Patient eligible for outpatient treatment (0% mortality, 2% VTE recurrence).
Dr. Menno Huisman
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Menno Huisman, MD, PhD, FESC, is a professor of medicine in the department of medicine - thrombosis and hemostasis at Leiden University Medical Center in The Netherlands. He is an internist with specialty in cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Huisman’s primary research is focused on the clinical diagnosis and treatment of venous and arterial thromboembolic disorders.
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