Technical efficiency, short-term clinical results and safety of a large-bore aspiration catheter in acute pulmonary embolism & #8211; A retrospective case study

Conclusions: The positive initial clinical experience and safety profile using the FlowTriever in the treatment of acute PE suggests, it has the potential to fill the unmet needs of a good mechanical thrombectomy device to treat massive and submassive high-risk PE especially when thrombolytics are contraindicated.

Source: Lung India - October 30, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Junaid T Yasin Ryan Davis Arash Saemi Hariharan Regunath Armin Krvavac Sachin S Saboo Ambarish P Bhat Source Type: research