Contact your lab about their cutoff value. Most people without PE have an elevated D-dimer. Anticoagulate per DVT above. Still require heparin anticoagulation. See treatment of DVT above.
Data are anecdotal, but up to now there have been no bleeding problems.
In those in whom anticoagulation is contraindicated either acutely or for chronic use or is ineffective, consider vena cava interruption with a filter such as the Greenfield filter. All rights reserved.