Catheter-directed therapy as a first-line treatment strategy in hemodynamically unstable patients with acute pulmonary embolism: Yes or no?
Department of Cardiology, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy; Section of Internal and Cardiopulmonary Medicine, Department of Medical Science, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Marco
M
Zuin
Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, United States.
William T
WT
Kuo
Department of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Endoluminal Interventions, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.
Gianluca
G
Rigatelli
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, The Heart Institute at East Carolina University, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States.
Ramesh
R
Daggubati
Cardiology Clinic, Alexandroska University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Dobrin
D
Vassiliev
Department of Cardiology, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy. Electronic address: roncon.loris@azisanrovigo.it.
Loris
L
Roncon
D000208:Acute Disease; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Bleeding risk; Catheter-direct therapy; Pulmonary embolism; Therapy