Catheter Directed Interventions in Pulmonary Embolism

Summary

Evaluating the safety and outcomes of catheter directed thrombolysis following catheter fragmentation in acute high risk pulmonary embolism

Timeline

Start

2018-09-01

Primary completion

2020-10-01

Completion

2021-03-01

Publications

• Background Heit JA. The epidemiology of venous thromboembolism in the community. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 Mar;28(3):370-2. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.162545. No abstract available.
• Background Konstantinides SV, Torbicki A, Agnelli G, Danchin N, Fitzmaurice D, Galie N, Gibbs JS, Huisman MV, Humbert M, Kucher N, Lang I, Lankeit M, Lekakis J, Maack C, Mayer E, Meneveau N, Perrier A, Pruszczyk P, Rasmussen LH, Schindler TH, Svitil P, Vonk Noordegraaf A, Zamorano JL, Zompatori M; Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). 2014 ESC guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism. Eur Heart J. 2014 Nov 14;35(43):3033-69, 3069a-3069k. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu283. Epub 2014 Aug 29. No abstract available.
• Background Uflacker R. Interventional therapy for pulmonary embolism. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2001 Feb;12(2):147-64. doi: 10.1016/s1051-0443(07)61821-1.
• Background Kasper W, Konstantinides S, Geibel A, Olschewski M, Heinrich F, Grosser KD, Rauber K, Iversen S, Redecker M, Kienast J. Management strategies and determinants of outcome in acute major pulmonary embolism: results of a multicenter registry. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1997 Nov 1;30(5):1165-71. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(97)00319-7.
• Background Stein PD, Alnas M, Beemath A, Patel NR. Outcome of pulmonary embolectomy. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Feb 1;99(3):421-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.08.050. Epub 2006 Dec 15.
• Background Engelberger RP, Kucher N. Reperfusion Treatment for Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Hamostaseologie. 2018 May;38(2):98-105. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1641717. Epub 2018 May 29.
• Background Kuo WT, Banerjee A, Kim PS, DeMarco FJ Jr, Levy JR, Facchini FR, Unver K, Bertini MJ, Sista AK, Hall MJ, Rosenberg JK, De Gregorio MA. Pulmonary Embolism Response to Fragmentation, Embolectomy, and Catheter Thrombolysis (PERFECT): Initial Results From a Prospective Multicenter Registry. Chest. 2015 Sep;148(3):667-673. doi: 10.1378/chest.15-0119.
• Background Mohan B, Chhabra ST, Aslam N, Wander GS, Sood NK, Verma S, Mehra AK, Sharma S. Mechanical breakdown and thrombolysis in subacute massive pulmonary embolism: A prospective trial. World J Cardiol. 2013 May 26;5(5):141-7. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v5.i5.141.
• Background Dilektasli AG, Demirdogen Cetinoglu E, Acet NA, Erdogan C, Ursavas A, Ozkaya G, Coskun F, Karadag M, Ege E. Catheter-Directed Therapy in Acute Pulmonary Embolism with Right Ventricular Dysfunction: A Promising Modality to Provide Early Hemodynamic Recovery. Med Sci Monit. 2016 Apr 15;22:1265-73. doi: 10.12659/msm.897617.

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