Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions
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Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · Dec 2020
Multicenter StudyPercutaneous thrombectomy in patients with massive and very high-risk submassive acute pulmonary embolism.
Examine FlowTriever thrombectomy feasibility in high-risk PE patients. ⋯ Aspiration thrombectomy appears feasible in higher risk acute PE patients with immediate hemodynamic improvement and low in-hospital mortality.
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Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · Dec 2020
Observational StudyInfluence of cardiac arrest and SCAI shock stage on cardiac intensive care unit mortality.
Patients with concomitant cardiac arrest (CA) and shock are at increased risk of mortality, even when stratified according to shock severity. We sought to determine whether the presence of ventricular fibrillation (VF) modified the relationship between CA and mortality in cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) patients. ⋯ CA rhythm modifies the relationship between CA and mortality in CICU patients, when accounting for coma, shock, and organ failure. Outcome studies examining CA in patients with cardiogenic shock need to account for important differences such as CA rhythm.