Does mechanical thrombectomy improve hemodynamics and functional outcomes in intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism patients?
A significant proportion of intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism patients present with normotensive shock, and mechanical thrombectomy improves their hemodynamics and functional outcomes at 30 days.
Although hemodynamically stable, over one-third of intermediate-risk FLASH patients were in normotensive shock with a depressed cardiac index. A composite shock score effectively further risk stratified these patients. Mechanical thrombectomy improved hemodynamics and functional outcomes at the 30-day follow-up.
Bangalore et al. (Sat,) studied this question.