Ultrasound-assisted catheter directed thrombolysis for pulmonary embolus during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

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BACKGROUND: Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third most common cause of cardiovascular death. For patients who are hemodynamically unstable, veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) support has been shown to provide hemodynamic stability, and allow time for definitive treatment and recovery. Ultrasound-assisted catheter directed thrombolysis (USAT) has the potential to be a safe adjunct and expedite right ventricular (RV) recovery for patients requiring VA-ECMO for PE.

METHODS: A review of all VA-ECMO patients from January 2017 to September 2019 was performed. A total of 49 of these patients were cannulated due to a PE. USAT therapy was used as an adjunct in 6 (12%) of these patients. These 6 patients were given standardized USAT therapy with EKOs catheters at 1 mg/h of tissue plasminogen activator with an unfractionated heparin infusion for additional systemic anticoagulation. Outcomes, including in-hospital death, 90-day survival, RV recovery, and complications, were examined in the cohort of patients that received USAT as an adjunct to ECMO.

RESULTS: Median age was 54 years old. Five of the six patients presented with a massive PE and had a PE severity score of Class V. One patient presented with a submassive PE with a Bova score of 2, but was cannulated to VA-ECMO in the setting of worsening RV function. All patients demonstrated recovery of RV function, were free from in-hospital death, and were alive at 90-day follow-up.

CONCLUSION: Ekosonic endovascular system therapy may be a safe and feasible adjunct for patients on VA-ECMO for PE, and allow for survival with RV recovery with minimal complications.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Journal of cardiac surgery - 36(2021), 8 vom: 30. Aug., Seite 2685-2691

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tran, Douglas [VerfasserIn]
Hays, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Aakash [VerfasserIn]
Pasrija, Chetan [VerfasserIn]
Cires-Drouet, Rafael S [VerfasserIn]
Toursavadkohi, Shahab A [VerfasserIn]
Mazzeffi, Michael A [VerfasserIn]
Herr, Daniel L [VerfasserIn]
Madathil, Ronson J [VerfasserIn]
Gammie, James S [VerfasserIn]
Griffith, Bartley P [VerfasserIn]
Deatrick, Kristopher B [VerfasserIn]
Kaczorowski, David J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9005-49-6
EC 3.4.21.68
ECMO
EKOS
Heparin
Journal Article
Pulmonary embolism
Review
Tissue Plasminogen Activator

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Date Completed 13.07.2021

Date Revised 10.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jocs.15622

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NLM32533773X