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Initial results of investigator initiated international database on catheter directed therapy of acute pulmonary embolism.

Mateusz T JermakowSlobodan ObradovicPablo SalinasMarek RoikBoris DzudovicIgor SekulicFernando MacayaJose Paredes-VazquezMaite Velázquez MartínNicolás Manuel Maneiro MelónDjordje NedeljkovJovan MatijasevicAndrzej ŁabykMarcin KrakowianJakub StępniewskiAleksander AraszkiewiczPiotr Pruszczyk
Published in: Cardiology journal (2023)
Catheter directed therapies is a real option of treating PE. It was used as primary therapy also in patients without contraindication for thrombolysis suggesting that clinical practice does not always follow current PE guidelines. Patients treated with dedicated CDT systems had a higher survival rate than subjects treated with pigtail catheters.
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