PERT
Pulmonary Embolism Response Team Methodist Heart and Lung Institute’s PERT was established in 2018 to address PE, a life-threatening condition that can occur without warning. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that as many as 100,000 people in the U.S. die from deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms each year. The morbidity and mortality rates are dramatic. For example, sudden death is the first symptom of a PE about 25 percent of the time.1 Many of the people with PE are younger adults with no significant history of cardiovascular disease. 1
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data and Statistics on Venous Thromboembolism. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dvt/data.html. Accessed December 7, 2021.
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