Pulmonary embolism is common and important. So it is vital that we get the diagnosis and management of this condition right.

To find out more about this condition, please do listen to this BMJ Best Practice podcast interview with Scott Woller, Director of the Thrombosis Clinic, Intermountain Medical Center and Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah.

For more on pulmonary embolism, visit BMJ Best Practice.

Competing interests: SCW declares that he is expecting to receive funding of an investigator initiated grant from Janssen Pharmaceuticals to Intermountain Health - with no direct compensation to himself.