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 PruszczykPublished 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.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary embolism
- clinical practice
- end stage renal disease
- inferior vena cava
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- liver failure
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- emergency department
- stem cells
- respiratory failure
- patient reported outcomes
- free survival
- mechanical ventilation
- electronic health record
- replacement therapy