Catheter-Based Therapies Decrease Mortality in Patients With Intermediate and High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: Evidence From Meta-Analysis of 65,589 Patients

Catheter-Based Therapies Decrease Mortality in Patients With Intermediate and High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: Evidence From Meta-Analysis of 65,589 Patients

BackgroundCatheter-directed therapies (CDT) are an alternative to systemic thrombolysis (ST) in pulmonary embolism (PE) patients, but the mortality benefit of CDT is unclear.ObjectiveWe conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis to compare the efficacy and safety of CDT and ST in intermediate-...

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Main Authors: Arkadiusz Pietrasik, Aleksandra Gąsecka, Łukasz Szarpak, Michał Pruc, Tomasz Kopiec, Szymon Darocha, Marta Banaszkiewicz, Maciej Niewada, Marcin Grabowski, Marcin Kurzyna
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
pulmonary embolism
catheter-based therapies
meta-analysis
pulmonary embolism response team
PERT
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.861307/full

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