Percutaneous Aspiration Thrombectomy in Treatment of Massive Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary embolism (PE) associated with haemodynamic instability has exceedingly high mortality. We describe our experience using percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy (PMT) in patients with massive PE and right ventricle dysfunction.Sixteen patients (11 males and five females; mean age, 55.7 ± 8.3 years) with massive PE were treated with PMT. A percutaneous Aspiration Device (8 French Aspirex® aspiration thrombectomy catheter, Straub Medical,...