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Issue 27
Welcome to issue 27 of PERTinent Updates, featuring a select group of articles for your review. We aim to inform and update our members with the most recent major developments in the fields of PERT/VTE so that we in the PERT Consortium® can continue to be at the leading edge of improving care for this vulnerable and overlooked group of patients.
Anticoagulant treatment is associated with decreased mortality in severe coronavirus disease 2019 patients with coagulopathy. | |
Tang N, Bai H, Chen X, Gong J, Li D, Sun Z. J Thromb Haemost. 2020 Mar 27. doi: 10.1111/jth.14817. [Epub ahead of print] | |
PMID: 32220112 | |
ISTH interim guidance on recognition and management of coagulopathy in COVID‐19. | |
Jecko Thachil, Ning Tang, Satoshi Gando, Anna Falanga, Marco Cattaneo, Marcel Levi, Cary Clark, Toshiaki Iba. JTH. First published: 25 March 2020. | |
National Outcomes of Surgical Embolectomy for Acute Pulmonary Embolism. | |
Percy ED, Shah R, Hirji S, Tartarini R, Yazdchi F, Harloff M, Kaneko T, Pelletier MP. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Mar 18. pii: S0003-4975(20)30394-5. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.024. | |
[Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32199827 | |
Variations in Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in Low-, Middle- and High-Income Countries. | |
Siegal DM, Eikelboom JW, Lee SF, Rangarajan S, Bosch J, Zhu J, Yusuf S; Venous Thromboembolism Collaboration. Cardiovasc Res. 2020 Mar 6. pii: cvaa044. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaa044. | |
[Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32142099 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] | |
Statin use is associated with reduced risk of recurrence in patients with venous thromboembolism. | |
Stewart LK, Sarmiento EJ. Am J Med. 2020 Mar 11. pii: S0002-9343(20)30043-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.12.032. | |
[Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32171773 | |
Uncertain Value of High-sensitive Troponin T for Selecting Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism for Outpatient Treatment by Hestia Criteria. | |
Hendriks SV, Lankeit M, den Exter PL, Zondag W, Brouwer R, Eijsvogel M, Grootenboers MJ, Faber LM, Heller-Baan R, Hofstee HMA, Iglesias Del Sol A, Mairuhu ATA, Melissant CF, Peltenburg HG, van de Ree MA, Serné EH, Konstantinides S, Klok FA, Huisman MV; Vesta Investigators. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 Mar 12. doi: 10.1111/acem.13943. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. | |
PMID: 32163216 | |
Surveillance or no surveillance ultrasonography for deep vein thrombosis and outcomes of critically ill patients: a pre-planned sub-study of the PREVENT trial. | |
Arabi YM, Burns KEA, Alsolamy SJ, Alshahrani MS, Al-Hameed FM, Arshad Z, Almaani M, Hawa H, Mandourah Y, Almekhlafi GA, Al Aithan A, Khalid I, Rifai J, Rasool G, Abdukahil SAI, Jose J, Afesh LY, Al-Dawood A; Saudi Critical Care Trials Group. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Feb 24. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05899-1. | |
[Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32095845 |
Reviews
Diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension after acute pulmonary embolism. | |
Klok FA, Couturaud F, Delcroix M, Humbert M. Eur Respir J. 2020 Mar 17. pii: 2000189. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00189-2020. [Epub ahead of print] Review. | |
PMID: 32184319 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] |
From Our Own
Clinical conundrum: concomitant high-risk pulmonary embolism and acute ischemic stroke. | |
Lio KU, Jiménez D, Moores L, Rali P. Emerg Radiol. 2020 Mar 24. doi: 10.1007/s10140-020-01772-7. [Epub ahead of print] Review. | |
PMID: 32211984 | |
When Pigs Fly: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Navigating a Critical Heparin Shortage. | |
Rosovsky RP, Barra ME, Roberts RJ, Parmar A, Andonian J, Suh L, Algeri S, Biddinger PD. Oncologist. 2020 Mar 10. doi: 10.1634/ theoncologist.2019-0910. | |
[Epub ahead of print] Review. PMID: 32154634 |
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Evaluating time to treatment and in-hospital outcomes of pulmonary embolism response teams. | |
Wiske CP, Shen C, Amoroso N, Brosnahan SB, Goldenberg R, Horowitz J, Jamin C, Sista AK, Smith D, Maldonado TS. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2020 Mar 13. pii: S2213-333X(20)30066-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2019.12.077. | |
[Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32179041 |
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Implementation of regional multidisciplinary pulmonary embolism response team – PERT-POZ initial one-year experience. | |
Sławek-Szmyt S, Jankiewicz S, Smukowska-Gorynia A, Janus M, Klotzka A, Puślecki M, Jemielity M, Krasiński Z, Żabicki B, Elikowski W, Grygier M, Mularek-Kubzdela T, Lesiak M, Araszkiewicz A. Kardiol Pol. 2020 Mar 12. doi: 10.33963/KP.15230. | |
[Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32165606 |
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Effect of metabolic syndrome on mean pulmonary arterial pressures in patients with acute pulmonary embolism treated with catheter-directed thrombolysis. | |
Stewart LK, Beam DM, Casciani T, Cameron SJ, Kline JA. Int J Cardiol. 2020 Mar 1;302:138-142. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.12.043. Epub 2019 Dec 26. | |
PMID: 31948673 | |
Pulmonary vasodilation in acute pulmonary embolism – a systematic review. | |
Lyhne MD, Kline JA, Nielsen-Kudsk JE, Andersen A. Pulm Circ. 2020 Mar 4;10(1):2045894019899775. doi: 10.1177/2045894019899775. eCollection 2020 Jan-Mar. Review. | |
PMID: 32180938 |