RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Impact and role of pulmonary embolism response teams in venous thromboembolism associated with COVID-19 JF Journal of Investigative Medicine JO J Investig Med FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP 1153 OP 1155 DO 10.1136/jim-2021-001856 VO 69 IS 6 A1 Porres-Aguilar, Mateo A1 Tapson, Victor F A1 Rivera-Lebron, Belinda N A1 Rali, Parth M A1 Jiménez, David A1 Porres-Muñoz, Mateo A1 Barraza, Sarah A1 Muñoz, Oscar C A1 Mukherjee, Debabrata YR 2021 UL http://jim.bmj.com/content/69/6/1153.abstract AB Venous thromboembolism associated with COVID-19, particularly acute pulmonary embolism, may represent a challenging and complex clinical scenario. The benefits of having a multidisciplinary pulmonary embolism response team (PERT) can be important during such a pandemic. The aim of PERT in the care of such patients is to provide fast, appropriate, multidisciplinary, team-based approach, with the common goal to tailor the best therapeutic decision making, prioritizing always optimal patient care, especially given lack of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in the setting of COVID-19, which potentially confers a significant prothrombotic state. Herein, we would like to briefly emphasize the importance and potential critical role of PERT in the care of patients in which these two devastating illnesses are present together.