Catheter-based interventions versus medical and surgical approaches in acute pulmonary embolism.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Catheter-based intervention (CBI) has become an increasingly popular option for treating pulmonary embolism (PE); however, the real benefits are unknown. The purpose of the present study was to compare the outcomes of patients treated with CBI with the outcomes of those treated with medical or surgical approaches.

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis of patients admitted from October 2015 to December 2017 with a diagnosis of acute PE. We compared patients aged ≥18 years with a diagnosis of acute PE treated with CBI against a control group identified by propensity score matching. The control group was divided into those who had undergone surgical pulmonary embolectomy (SPE) as the surgical group and those who had not undergone SPE as the medical group. The

SUBMITTER: Cires-Drouet RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9048149 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature