TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute pulmonary embolism
T2 - Endovascular therapy
AU - Reis, Stephen P.
AU - Zhao, Ken
AU - Ahmad, Noor
AU - Widemon, Reginald S.
AU - Root, Christopher W.
AU - Toomay, Seth M.
AU - Horowitz, James M.
AU - Sista, Akhilesh K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Conflicts of Interest: AK Sista received research grant from Penumbra, Inc., administered through NYU Department
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PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. PE is a complex disease with a highly variable presentation and the available treatment options for PE are expanding rapidly. Anticoagulation (AC), systemic lysis, surgery, and catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) play important roles in treating patients with PE. Thus, a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis, risk stratification, and therapy is required to determine which treatment option is best for a given patient with this complex disease.
AB - Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. PE is a complex disease with a highly variable presentation and the available treatment options for PE are expanding rapidly. Anticoagulation (AC), systemic lysis, surgery, and catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) play important roles in treating patients with PE. Thus, a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis, risk stratification, and therapy is required to determine which treatment option is best for a given patient with this complex disease.
KW - Interdisciplinary communication
KW - Mechanical thrombolysis
KW - Pulmonary embolism (PE)
KW - Thrombolytic therapy
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U2 - 10.21037/cdt.2017.12.05
DO - 10.21037/cdt.2017.12.05
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30057873
AN - SCOPUS:85049402767
SN - 2223-3652
VL - 8
SP - 244
EP - 252
JO - Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy
JF - Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy
IS - 3
ER -