Pulmonary embolism

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third leading cardiovascular cause of death after heart attacks and stroke. PE is caused by blood clots in the pulmonary arteries. These are often caused by clots from the venous system, including thrombus from trauma, surgery or deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Treatment has traditionally been systemic use of thrombolytic drugs to dissolve the clot. But in cases there is a massive, life-threatening PE, or chronic clot burden that have remained in a vessel for an extended period of time, mechanical thrombectomy and ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis (USCDT) is being used as more targeted and aggressive treatments.

Medical device startup exits stealth mode to name CEO, announce $21M in funding
Jupiter Endovascular, a new subsidiary of Neptune Medical, aims to "bring the precision and control of direct surgical access to catheter-based interventions.”
Pulmonary embolism treatments continue to evolve
There is still a lack of lack of standardized treatment protocols for pulmonary embolism. This is mainly due to limited data and a lack of reliable risk assessments, one specialist explained.
REAL-PE highlights disparities in pulmonary embolism care
Sahil Parikh, MD, director of endovascular services, New York-Presbyterian, explains details from the big-data REAL-PE study comparing mechanical thrombectomy to ultrasound assisted catheter thrombolysis.
A cardiologist's guide to treating pulmonary embolism
Interventional cardiologist Peter Monteleone, MD, discussed the primary tools used to treat pulmonary embolism in the cath lab.
Interventional cardiology sees growing role in pulmonary embolism interventions
Peter Monteleone, MD, national director of cardiovascular research at Ascension Health, explains the growing role of interventional cardiology in pulmonary embolism treatment and PERT teams.

Radiology: Decision support reins in CT pulmonary angiographic exams

Evidence-based decision support programs may be able to reduce the number of unnecessary CT pulmonary angiographic exams used to evaluate pulmonary emboli in the emergency department, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in Radiology.

January 4, 2012

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Pulmonary embolism

Medical device startup exits stealth mode to name CEO, announce $21M in funding

Pulmonary embolism treatments continue to evolve

REAL-PE highlights disparities in pulmonary embolism care

A cardiologist's guide to treating pulmonary embolism

Interventional cardiology sees growing role in pulmonary embolism interventions

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