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Massive pulmonary embolism in patients with extreme bleeding risk: a case series on the successful use of ultrasound-assisted, catheter directed thrombolysis in a district general hospital

Massive pulmonary embolism (PE), characterised by profound arterial hypotension, is a life-threatening emergency with a 90-day mortality of over 50%. Systemic thrombolysis can significantly reduce the risk of death or cardiovascular collapse in these patients, by around 50%, but these benefits are o...

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Autores principales: He, Jingzhou, Clayton, Benjamin, Kurdi, Hibba, Gibbons, Michael, Watkinson, Anthony, Sharp, Andrew S. P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32886243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11239-020-02258-6