The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Endorsed by the European Respiratory Society (ERS)

Authors/Task Force Members: Stavros V. Konstantinides* (Chairperson) (Germany/ Greece), Adam Torbicki* (Co-chairperson) (Poland), Giancarlo Agnelli (Italy), Nicolas Danchin (France), David Fitzmaurice (UK), Nazzareno Galiè (Italy), J. Simon R. Gibbs (UK), Menno V. Huisman (The Netherlands), Marc Humbert† (France), Nils Kucher (Switzerland), Irene Lang (Austria), MareikeLankeit (Germany), John Lekakis (Greece), Christoph Maack (Germany), Eckhard Mayer (Germany), Nicolas Meneveau (France), Arnaud Perrier (Switzerland), Piotr Pruszczyk (Poland), Lars H. Rasmussen (Denmark), Thomas H. Schindler (USA), Pavel Svitil (Czech Republic), Anton Vonk Noordegraaf (The Netherlands), Jose Luis Zamorano (Spain), Maurizio Zompatori (Italy)

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