Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Jonathan Jia En BoeyUjwal DhundiRyan Ruiyang LingJohn Keong ChiewNicole Chui-Jiet FongYing ChenLukas HobohmPriya NairRoberto LorussoGraeme MacLarenKollengode RamanathanPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
More than 50% of patients receiving ECMO for HRPE survive. While outcomes may vary based on the curative therapy used, early ECMO should be considered as a stabilising measure when treating patients with HRPE. Patients treated concurrently with systemic thrombolysis have higher mortality than those receiving ECMO alone or with other curative therapies, particularly catheter-directed therapies. Further studies are required to explore ECMO vs. non-ECMO therapies in view of currently heterogenous datasets.