PERTinent Updates:
Issue 27
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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. | |
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[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 |