PERTinent Updates:
Issue 25
Issue 25
Welcome to issue 25 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.
Epidemiology
| Epidemiology and outcomes of clinically unsuspected venous thromboembolism in children: a systematic review. | |
| Sharathkumar AA, Biss T, Kulkarni K, Ahuja S, Regan M, Male C, Revel-Vilk S. J Thromb Haemost. 2020 Jan 27. doi: 10.1111/jth.14739. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31984669 |
Diagnosis
| Pulmonary embolism rule out: positivity and factors affecting the yield of CT angiography. | |
| Aggarwal T, Eskandari A, Priya S, Mullan A, Garg I, Siembida J, Mullan B, Nagpal P. Postgrad Med J. 2020 Jan 5. pii: postgradmedj-2019-137031. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-137031. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31907225 |
Risk Stratification
| Validation of a fast prognostic score for risk stratification of normotensive patients with acute pulmonary embolism. | |
| Hobohm L, Becattini C, Konstantinides SV, Casazza F, Lankeit M. Clin Res Cardiol. 2020 Feb 6. doi: 10.1007/s00392-019-01593-w. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32025793 |
Treatment
| Effectiveness and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants versus Warfarin in Obese Patients with Acute Venous Thromboembolism. | |
| Coons JC, Albert L, Bejjani A, Iasella CJ. Pharmacotherapy. 2020 Jan 22. doi: 10.1002/phar.2369. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31968126 |
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| Temporal Trends in the Practice Pattern for Venous Thromboembolism in Japan: Insight From JROAD-DPC. | |
| Yamashita Y, Morimoto T, Yoshikawa Y, Yaku H, Sumita Y, Nakai M, Ono K, Kimura T. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Jan 21;9(2):e014582. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.014582. Epub 2020 Jan 10. PMID: 31918600 |
Long Term Sequelae
| Long-term Risk of Post-Thrombotic Syndrome after Symptomatic Distal Deep-Vein Thrombosis: The CACTUS-PTS Study. | |
| Galanaud JP, Righini M, Le Collen L, Douillard A, Robert-Ebadi H, Pontal D, Morrison D, Barrellier MT, Diard A, Guénnéguez H, Brisot D, Faïsse P, Accassat S, Martin M, Delluc A, Solymoss S, Kassis J, Carrier M, Quéré I, Kahn SR. J Thromb Haemost. 2020 Jan 3. doi: 10.1111/jth.14728. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31899848 |
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| Evaluation of the Incidence of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension 1 Year After First Episode of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Cohort Study. | |
| Rashidi F, Parvizi R, Bilejani E, Mahmoodian B, Rahimi F, Koohi A. Lung. 2020 Jan 2. doi: 10.1007/s00408-019-00315-3. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31894412 |
PERT
| Expert opinion on the creating and operating of the regional Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams (PERT). Polish PERT Initiative. | |
| Araszkiewicz A, Kurzyna M, Kopeć G, Roik M, Darocha S, Pietrasik A, Puślecki M, Biederman A, Przybylski R, Stępniewski J, Furdal M, Mularek-Kubzdela T, Pruszczyk P, Torbicki A. Cardiol J. 2019;26(6):623-632. doi: 10.5603/CJ.2019.0127. PMID: 31970735 |
Review
| Acute treatment of venous thromboembolism. | |
| Becattini C, Agnelli G. Blood. 2020 Jan 30;135(5):305-316. doi: 10.1182/blood.2019001881. PMID: 31917399 |
From Our Own
| Over-Testing for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in American Emergency Departments: The Continuing Epidemic. | |
| Kline JA, Garrett JS, Sarmiento EJ, Strachan CC, Courtney DM. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 Jan;13(1):e005753. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.005753. Epub 2020 Jan 20. PMID: 31957477 |
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| Ultrasound-Accelerated Thrombolysis and Venoplasty for the Treatment of the Postthrombotic Syndrome: Results of the ACCESS PTS Study. | |
| Garcia MJ, Sterling KM, Kahn SR, Comerota AJ, Jaff MR, Ouriel K, Weinberg I; ACCESS PTS Investigators. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Feb 4;9(3):e013398. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.013398. Epub 2020 Jan 25. PMID: 31983322 |
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| Recent trends in use of inferior vena caval filters in US older adults with acute pulmonary embolism. | |
| Bikdeli B, Wang Y, Jimenez D, Ross JS, Gupta A, Desai MM, Parikh SA, Monreal M, Goldhaber SZ, Krumholz HM. Thromb Res. 2020 Feb;186:78-79. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2019.12.020. Epub 2019 Dec 27. No abstract available. PMID: 31901644 |
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| Quantification and Significance of Pulmonary Vascular Volume in Predicting Response to Ultrasound-Facilitated, Catheter-Directed Fibrinolysis in Acute Pulmonary Embolism (SEATTLE-3D). | |
| Rahaghi FN, San José Estépar R, Goldhaber SZ, Minhas JK, Nardelli P, Vegas Sanchez-Ferrero G, De La Bruere I, Hassan SM, Mason S, Ash SY, Come CE, Washko GR, Piazza G. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Dec;12(12):e009903. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.119.009903. Epub 2019 Dec 17. No abstract available. PMID: 31842589 |
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| Long-term mortality after massive, submassive, and low-risk pulmonary embolism. | |
| Gupta R, Ammari Z, Dasa O, Ruzieh M, Burlen JJ, Shunnar KM, Nguyen HT, Xie Y, Brewster P, Chen T, Aronow HD, Cooper CJ. Vasc Med. 2019 Dec 17:1358863X19886374. doi: 10.1177/1358863X19886374. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31845835 |
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| Reducing length of stay with the direct oral anti-coagulants in low and intermediate risk pulmonary embolism: a single center experience. | |
| Filopei J, Bondarsky EE, Ehrlich M, Islam M, Bajpayee G, Pang D, Shujaat A, Rowland J, Steiger DJ. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2020 Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s11239-020-02045-3. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31997255 |