Session 2: Practical Implementation of 2026 AHA/ACC Acute PE Guidelines

This panel discussion explores early, real world experiences implementing or adapting to the 2026 AHA/ACC Acute PE Guidelines. Panelists from Stanford Health Care and Froedtert Hospital will share practical approaches, initial challenges, and early lessons learned as their institutions begin aligning PE workflows and protocols with the updated recommendations. A case review from one of the co-authors of the 2026 guidelines will also highlight a few key nuances and common challenges clinicians face when applying the new guidance in practice. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction/Session Opening 1:16 Brief Case Presentation presented by Mona Ranade, MD, Vascular & Interventional Radiologist, Associate Professor of Radiology at Stanford Health Care & Stanford University 14:20 Panel Discussion on New Guidelines with Mona Ranade, MD, Vascular & Interventional Radiologist and Associate Professor of Radiology at Stanford Health Care & Stanford University; Matthew J. Scheidt, MD, FSIR, Program Director of IR Residencies and Associate Professor of Radiology at Froedtert Hospital & the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW); Lisa Baumann Kreuziger, MD, MS, Hematologist, Medical Director of the Antithrombotic Therapy Management Program, and Professor of Medicine at Froedtert Hospital; and Jamie Aranda, MD, Medical Director of the Emergency Department and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Froedtert Hospital & the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). 29:44 Closing Remarks