Mariana Martinho, Rita Calé, João Grade Santos, Ana Rita Pereira, Sofia Alegria, Filipa Ferreira, Maria José Loureiro, Tiago Judas, Melanie Ferreira, Ana Gomes, Gonçalo Morgado, Cristina Martins, Filipe Gonzalez, Corinna Lohmann, Francisca Delerue, Hélder Pereira
INTRODUCTION: Reperfusion therapy is generally recommended in acute high-risk pulmonary embolism (HR-PE), but several population-based studies report that it is underused. Data on epidemiology, management and outcomes of HR-PE in Portugal are scarce. OBJECTIVE: To determine the reperfusion rate in HR-PE patients, the reasons for non-reperfusion, and how it influences outcomes. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study of consecutive HR-PE patients admitted to a thromboembolic disease referral center between 2008 and 2018, independent predictors for non-reperfusion were assessed by multivariate logistic regression...
November 6, 2023: Portuguese Journal of Cardiology: An Official Journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology