Utilization and Outcomes of Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Systemic thrombolysis is utilized more often than CDT in patients with acute PE, in particular among those with a greater prevalence of high-risk features. Among patients treated with CDT, there were no differences in events between CDT-US and CDT alone.
PMID: 31783016 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chest - November 25, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Beyer SE, Shanafelt C, Pinto DS, Weinstein JL, Aronow HD, Weinberg I, Yeh RW, Secemsky EA, Carroll BJ Tags: Chest Source Type: research