Association between reperfusion therapy and outcomes in patients with acute pulmonary embolism and right heart thrombi
Behnood Bikdeli, David Jiménez, Alfonso Muriel, Deisy Barrios, Aitor Ballaz, Peter Verhamme, Manuel Monréal
Abstract
<b>Right heart thrombi portend worse outcomes in pulmonary embolism (PE). In propensity-matched analyses of patients from a large registry, reperfusion therapy was not associated with significantly reduced odds of all-cause or PE-related mortality.</b>https://bit.ly/2WRLYnq
Topics & Concepts
MedicinePulmonary embolismRight heartInternal medicineCardiologyOddsReperfusion therapyOdds ratioPropensity score matchingMyocardial infarctionLogistic regressionVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementAcute Myocardial Infarction ResearchAcute Ischemic Stroke Management