Hybrid treatment of acute massive pulmonary thromboembolism: mechanical fragmentation with a modified rotating pigtail catheter, local fibrinolytic therapy, and clot aspiration followed by systemic fibrinolytic therapy

AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
H TajimaTeruo Takano

Abstract

We sought to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a hybrid treatment for acute massive pulmonary thromboembolism in patients with hemodynamic impairment by combining mechanical fragmentation, local thrombolysis, and clot aspiration. Within a period of 35 months, 25 patients with hemodynamic impairment (eight men and 17 women; age range, 35-77 years) were treated with mechanical thrombus fragmentation using a modified rotating pigtail catheter. After embolus fragmentation, all patients received an intrapulmonary injection of recombinant human-tissue plasminogen activator and then underwent manual clot aspiration with a large-lumen percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty guide catheter. All the patients survived, and their clinical status improved. Posttreatment angiography showed an improvement in pulmonary perfusion in all patients (mean Miller score before treatment, 22.2; after treatment, 13.6; p < 0.01). Mean pulmonary artery pressure decreased from 32.6 to 23.4 mm Hg (p < 0.01). Mean treatment time was 124.6 min. Hybrid treatment with mechanical fragmentation using a rotating pigtail catheter combined with local fibrinolysis and manual clot aspiration resulted in a rapid and safe improvement in the hemodynamic conditi...Continue Reading

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