The intention-to-treat population comprised 544 patients: 273 in the intervention group and 271 in the control group. The mean (±SD) age was 58.2±13.5 years, and 42.6% of the patients were women. A ...

Patients who had low doses of clot-buster drugs delivered directly to the site of a pulmonary embolism (PE) via a catheter using ultrasound to enhance their effect had significantly better outcomes ...

Among patients with acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism, ultrasound-facilitated catheter-directed fibrinolysis plus anticoagulation reduced the risk for the composite of pulmonary ...

A subsegmental pulmonary embolism is a blood clot located on a distal, or distant and less central, branch of the pulmonary arteries. Treatment can depend on symptoms and risk factors. A subsegmental ...

To the Editor: The Higher-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Thrombolysis (HI-PEITHO) trial reported by Rosenfield et al. (May 28 issue) 1 lacked power to draw firm conclusions regarding the risk of bleeding ...