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JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
Volume 8, Issue 10, Pages 1382-1392Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.04.020
Keywords
catheter embolectomy; catheter thrombolysis; fibrinolysis; pulmonary embolism; right ventricular failure; thrombolysis
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- EKOS, a BTG International group company
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Daiichi-Sankyo
- Janssen
- Cordis
- EKOS
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OBJECTIVES This study conducted a prospective, single-arm, multicenter trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ultrasound-facilitated, catheter-directed, low-dose fibrinolysis, using the EkoSonic Endovascular System (EKOS, Bothell, Washington). BACKGROUND Systemic fibrinolysis for acute pulmonary embolism (PE) reduces cardiovascular collapse but causes hemorrhagic stroke at a rate exceeding 2%. METHODS Eligible patients had a proximal PE and a right ventricular (RV)-to-left ventricular (LV) diameter ratio >= 0.9 on chest computed tomography (CT). We included 150 patients with acute massive (n = 31) or submassive (n = 119) PE. We used 24 mg of tissue-plasminogen activator (t-PA) administered either as 1 mg/h for 24 h with a unilateral catheter or 1 mg/h/catheter for 12 h with bilateral catheters. The primary safety outcome was major bleeding within 72 h of procedure initiation. The primary efficacy outcome was the change in the chest CT-measured RV/LV diameter ratio within 48 h of procedure initiation. RESULTS Mean RV/LV diameter ratio decreased from baseline to 48 h post-procedure (1.55 vs. 1.13; mean difference, -0.42; p < 0.0001). Mean pulmonary artery systolic pressure (51.4 mm Hg vs. 36.9 mm Hg; p < 0.0001) and modified Miller Index score (22.5 vs. 15.8; p < 0.0001) also decreased post-procedure. One GUSTO (Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries)-defined severe bleed (groin hematoma with transient hypotension) and 16 GUSTO-defined moderate bleeding events occurred in 15 patients (10%). No patient experienced intracranial hemorrhage. CONCLUSIONS Ultrasound-facilitated, catheter-directed, low-dose fibrinolysis decreased RV dilation, reduced pulmonary hypertension, decreased anatomic thrombus burden, and minimized intracranial hemorrhage in patients with acute massive and submassive PE. (C) 2015 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
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