CATHETER-DIRECTED THROMBOLYSIS (CDT) VERSUS THROMBOLYSIS TO TREAT PULMONARY EMBOLISM: A PROPENSITY SCORE-MATCHED ANALYSIS FROM THE NATIONWIDE INPATIENT SAMPLE

Authors :: Nilay Patel
Nileshkumar J. Patel
Carlos Alfonso
Abhishek Deshmukh
Apurva Badheka
Nish Patel
Ankit Chothani
Badal Thakkar
Sidakpal S. Panaich
Shilpkumar Arora
Vikas Singh
Sunny Jhamnani
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65(10)
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2015.
Abstract: The role of catheter-directed thrombolysis in the treatment of pulmonary embolism is controversial, and real world outcomes are unknown. We used Nationwide Inpatient Sample database from 2000 to 2012 to identify all patients aged ≥ 18 years with PE. We compared patients treated with CDT against

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Catheter directed thrombolysis
Real world outcomes
Sample (statistics)
Thrombolysis
medicine.disease
Pulmonary embolism
Surgery
Emergency medicine
Propensity score matching
medicine
business
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Full Text Access

Tools