Catheter Interventions for PE

Improved early right ventricular function recovery but increased complications with catheter-directed interventions compared with anticoagulation alone for submassive pulmonary embolism.

Avgerinos ED, Liang NL, El-Shazly OM, Toma C, Singh MJ, Makaroun MS, Chaer RA.

J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2016 Jul;4(3):268-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2015.11.003. Epub 2016 Jan 7.

PMID: 27318043
 

A Prospective, Single-Arm, Multicenter Trial of Ultrasound-Facilitated, Catheter-Directed, Low-Dose Fibrinolysis for Acute Massive and Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: The SEATTLE II Study.

Piazza G, Hohlfelder B, Jaff MR, Ouriel K, Engelhardt TC, Sterling KM, Jones NJ, Gurley JC, Bhatheja R, Kennedy RJ, Goswami N, Natarajan K, Rundback J, Sadiq IR, Liu SK, Bhalla N, Raja ML, Weinstock BS, Cynamon J, Elmasri FF, Garcia MJ, Kumar M, Ayerdi J, Soukas P, Kuo W, Liu PY, Goldhaber SZ; SEATTLE II Investigators.

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Aug 24;8(10):1382-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.04.020.

 

Pulmonary Embolism Response to Fragmentation, Embolectomy, and Catheter Thrombolysis (PERFECT): Initial Results From a Prospective Multicenter Registry.

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.

Chest. 2015 Sep;148(3):667-673. doi: 10.1378/chest.15-0119.

PMID: 25856269
 

Catheter-directed interventions for acute pulmonary embolism.

Avgerinos ED, Chaer RA.

J Vasc Surg. 2015 Feb;61(2):559-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.10.036. Epub 2014 Dec 16. Review.

 

Thrombolysis for pulmonary embolism and risk of all-cause mortality, major bleeding, and intracranial hemorrhage: a meta-analysis.

Chatterjee S, Chakraborty A, Weinberg I, Kadakia M, Wilensky RL, Sardar P, Kumbhani DJ, Mukherjee D, Jaff MR, Giri J.

JAMA. 2014 Jun 18;311(23):2414-21. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.5990.

PMID: 24938564
 

Fibrinolysis for patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism.

Meyer G, Vicaut E, Danays T, Agnelli G, Becattini C, Beyer-Westendorf J, Bluhmki E, Bouvaist H, Brenner B, Couturaud F, Dellas C, Empen K, Franca A, Galiè N, Geibel A, Goldhaber SZ, Jimenez D, Kozak M, Kupatt C, Kucher N, Lang IM, Lankeit M, Meneveau N, Pacouret G, Palazzini M, Petris A, Pruszczyk P, Rugolotto M, Salvi A, Schellong S, Sebbane M, Sobkowicz B, Stefanovic BS, Thiele H, Torbicki A, Verschuren F, Konstantinides SV; PEITHO Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 10;370(15):1402-11. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1302097.

 

Ultrasound-assisted thrombolysis for acute pulmonary embolism: a systematic review.

Engelberger RP, Kucher N.

Eur Heart J. 2014 Mar;35(12):758-64. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu029. Epub 2014 Feb 3. Review.

PMID: 24497337
 

Fixed low-dose ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis for intermediate and high-risk pulmonary embolism.

Engelberger RP, Moschovitis A, Fahrni J, Willenberg T, Baumann F, Diehm N, Do DD, Baumgartner I, Kucher N.

Eur Heart J. 2015 Mar 7;36(10):597-604. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht531. Epub 2013 Dec 13.

PMID: 24334719
 

Randomized, controlled trial of ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis for acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism.

Kucher N, Boekstegers P, Müller OJ, Kupatt C, Beyer-Westendorf J, Heitzer T, Tebbe U, Horstkotte J, Müller R, Blessing E, Greif M, Lange P, Hoffmann RT, Werth S, Barmeyer A, Härtel D, Grünwald H, Empen K, Baumgartner I.

Circulation. 2014 Jan 28;129(4):479-86. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005544. Epub 2013 Nov 13.

 

Catheter-directed therapy for the treatment of massive pulmonary embolism: systematic review and meta-analysis of modern techniques.

Kuo WT, Gould MK, Louie JD, Rosenberg JK, Sze DY, Hofmann LV.

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2009 Nov;20(11):1431-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.08.002. Review.

PMID: 19875060