Open AccessCatheter‐directed therapy for submassive pulmonary embolism after unsuccessful systemic thrombolysis
Author(s) -
Dong Chang,
Jiang Shufen,
Ji Donghua,
Ji Yingqun,
Zhang Zhonghe
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pulmonary circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.791
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 2045-8940
DOI - 10.1177/2045893217736262
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombolysis , pulmonary embolism , catheter , respiratory failure , cardiology , intensive care medicine , surgery , myocardial infarction
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 improvement with systemic thrombolysis, but responded well to catheter‐directed therapy.