Patients with AF had threefold higher risk for shock, bleeding complications, and all-cause mortality when undergoing ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis.
BOSTON — Ultrasound -assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis is an important tool for treating acute pulmonary embolism , but it can pose a risk for serious adverse outcomes in patients who also have atrial fibrillation , investigators cautioned.
"Definitely, atrial fibrillation complicates acute pulmonary embolism for patients who are getting UACDT," he said in an oral abstract session at theUACDT is a pharmacomechanical system that uses catheter-delivered ultrasound waves to blood clots to enhance delivery of thrombolytic agents. They identified a total of 6430 cases, 10% of whom had AF. Men comprised 51.9% of the AF cohort and 50.3% of the non-AF cohort, and in each cohort, approximately three fourths of all patients were White.< .01) and had significantly more comorbidities, as measured by a Charlson Comorbidity Index score of 2.24 vs 1.
In the question and answer portion of the presentation, Akshyaya Pradhan, MD, MBBS, a cardiologist at King George's Medical University in Lucknow, India, commented that patients with AF are usually on oral anticoagulation, and questioned whether a change in anticoagulant medications could make a difference.
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