Catheter-directed therapy for submassive pulmonary embolism after unsuccessful systemic thrombolysis

Catheter-directed therapy (CDT) has emerged as an important treatment for pulmonary embolism (PE). We present a patient with life-threatening submassive PE with transient hypotension, progressive right ventricular dysfunction, and respiratory failure who failed anticoagulation and had little improve...

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Main Authors: Chang Dong, Shufen Jiang, Donghua Ji, Yingqun Ji, Zhonghe Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-11-01
Series:Pulmonary Circulation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2045893217736262