Catheter-Based Interventions
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editors-in-Chief: Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS [2]
Synonyms and keywords: PE
Overview
Transcatheter procedures can be performed as an alternative to thrombolysis when
- Thrombolysis is contraindications
- When emergency surgical thrombectomy is unavailable or contraindicated.
- when thrombolysis has failed to improve hemodynamics in the acute setting.