We spoke to Professor Pierre-Marie Roy (University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France) about pulmonary embolism and the aims, design and results of the HOME-PE Study (Hospitalization or Out-treatment ManagEment of Patients With Pulmonary Embolism: a Randomized Controlled Trial; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02811237).
Questions
1. Which patients with pulmonary embolism are currently offered outpatient treatment? (0:21)
2. What are the HESTIA criteria for mortality risk assessment of patients with pulmonary embolism? (1:43)
3. Could you give us an overview of the aims and design of the HOME-PE study? (2:29)
4. What have been the findings of the study to date? (4:09)
5. What will be the impact of these findings on clinical practice and what future studies are planned? (5:46)
Speaker disclosures: Professor Pierre-Marie Roy has nothing to declare in relation to this video interview.
Support: Commissioned, edited and funded by Touch Medical Media.
Filmed during a remote video call with Professor Pierre-Marie Roy, September 2020.
