Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ultrasound-Assisted Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Acute Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism

Kucher, Nils; Boekstegers, Peter; J. Müller, Oliver; Kupatt, Christian; Beyer‐Westendorf, Jan; Heitzer, Thomas; Tebbe, Ulrich; Horstkotte, Jan; Müller, Ralf; Blessing, Erwin; Greif, Martin; Lange, Philipp; Hoffmann, Ralf‐Thorsten; Werth, Sebastian; Barmeyer, Achim; Härtel, D.; Grünwald, Henriette; Empen, Klaus; Baumgärtner, Iris

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.113.005544

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Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ultrasound-Assisted Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Acute Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism

Published in Circulation • Nov 14, 2013

Authors:

Nils Kucher

Peter Boekstegers

Oliver J. Müller

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In patients with acute pulmonary embolism, systemic thrombolysis improves right ventricular (RV) dilatation, is associated with major bleeding, and is withheld in many patients at risk. This multicenter randomized, controlled trial investigated whether ultrasound-assisted catheter-direct...

Subject

Medicine

Thrombolysis

Pulmonary embolism

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