**Meet the editor**

Dr Ufuk Çobanoğlu was born on August 26, 1964 in Çorum, Turkey. He graduated from Atatürk University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in the Thoracic Surgery Department of Yüzüncü Yıl University School of Medicine. Currently he is working as an academician in the same clinic.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Ufuk Çobanoğlu

Chapter 3 **Pulmonary Embolism in** 

Chapter 2 **Risk Stratification of Patients** 

Dimitris Zacharoulis

and Jagrati Mathur

Chapter 6 **Pathophysiology, Diagnosis** 

Chapter 7 **Ventilation Perfusion Single** 

Michel Leblanc

and Jose E. Tanus-Santos

Chapter 8 **Risk Stratification of Submassive** 

Calvin Woon-Loong Chin

Pavel Weber, Dana Weberová, Hana Kubešová and Hana Meluzínová

Chapter 5 **Non-Thrombotic Pulmonary Embolism 75** 

Chapter 1 **Risk Factor for Pulmonary Embolism 1** 

**with Acute Pulmonary Embolism 19** 

Chapter 4 **Venous Thromboembolism in Bariatric Surgery 67**  Eleni Zachari, Eleni Sioka, George Tzovaras and

Vijay Balasubramanian, Malaygiri Aparnath

**and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism** 

**Photon Emission Tomography (V/Q SPECT) in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism 143** 

**Focusing on Thrombolysis – New approaches 119**  Diana Mühl, Gábor Woth, Tamás Kiss, Subhamay Ghosh

**Pulmonary Embolism: The Role of Chest Computed Tomography as an Alternative to Echocardiography 169** 

Won Young Kim, Shin Ahn and Choong Wook Lee

**the Elderly – Significance and Particularities 37** 
