Catheter directed therapies: an option for elderly frail patients with pulmonary embolism requiring reperfusion

EuroIntervention. 2023 Nov 17;19(9):708-709. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-E-23-00047.

Authors

Piotr Pruszczyk¹, Grzegorz Kopeć²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
² Pulmonary Circulation Center, Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, and John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Catheters
Fibrinolytic Agents
Frail Elderly*
Humans
Pulmonary Embolism* / therapy
Reperfusion
Thrombolytic Therapy
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents