Thrombectomy in high-risk pulmonary embolism – device versus thrombolysis: rationale and design of the TORPEDO-NL investigator-initiated, academically-sponsored, multicenter, open-label randomized controlled trial

TORPEDO-NL is the first publicly-funded randomized trial to investigate the effect of CDT treatment specifically in high-risk PE patients. The trial is anticipated to play an important role in revising recommendations for high-risk PE treatment in international guidelines.