Impact of morphologic characteristics of central pulmonary thromboemboli in massive pulmonary embolism

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 973-979

  Podbregar, Matej ^a   Krivec, Bojan ^a   Voga, Gorazd ^a  

^a General Hospital Celje   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Embolism; Prognosis; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; COUMARIN; DOBUTAMINE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LACTIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INDEX; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG RESISTANCE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036382853     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.3.973     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Nixdorff U, Erbel R, Drexler M, et al. Detection of thrombo-embolus of right pulmonary artery by transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiography. Am J Cardiol 1988; 61:488-489
2. Krivec B, Voga G, Zuran I, et al. Diagnosis and treatment of shock due to massive pulmonary embolism. Chest 1997; 112:1310-1316
3. Morgenstern E, Korell U, Richter J. Platelets and fibrin strands during clot retraction. Thromb Res 1984; 33:617-623
4. O'Shaughnessy AM, Fitzgerald DE. Determining the stage of organisation and natural history of thrombosis using computer analysis. Int Angiol 2000; 19:220-227
5. Sabovic M, Lijnen HR, Keber D, et al. Correlation between progressive adsorption of plasminogen to blood clots and their sensitivity to lysis. Thromb Haemost 1990; 64:450-454
6. Wittlich N, Erbel R, Eichler A, et al. Detection of central pulmonary thromboemboli by transesophageal echocardiog-raphy in patients with severe pulmonary embolism. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1992; 5:515-524
7. PIOPED Investigators. Value of the ventilation/perfusion scan in acute pulmonary embolism: results of the prospective investigation of pulmonary embolism (PIOPED). JAMA 1990; 263:2753-2759
8. Chan RK, Johns JA, Calafiore P. Clinical implications of the morphological features of central pulmonary artery thrombo-emboli shown by transoesophageal echocardiography. Br Heart J 1994; 72:58-62
9. Lin PH, Chen C, Sourowiec SM, et al. Evaluation of throm-bolysis in a porcine model of chronic deep venous thrombosis: an endovascular model. J Vasc Surg 2001; 33:621-627
10. Konstantinides S, Geibel A, Olschewski M, et al. Association between thrombolytic treatment and the prognosis of hemo-dynamically stable patients with major pulmonary embolism. Circulation 1997; 96:882-888
11. Michard F, Meyer G, Wysocki M, et al. Cardiorespiratory efficacy of thrombolytic therapy in acute massive pulmonary embolism: identification of predictive factors. Eur Respir J 1999; 13:610-615
12. McCotter CJ, Chiang KS, Fearrington EL. Intrapulmonary artery infusion of urokinase for treatment of massive pulmonary embolism: a review of 26 patients with and without contraindications to systemic thrombolytic therapy. Clin Car-diol 1999; 22:661-664
13. Dalen JE, Alpert JS, Hirsch J. Thrombolytic therapy for pulmonary embolism: is it effective? Is it safe? - when is it indicated? Arch Intern Med 1997; 157:2550-2556
14. Meyer G, Sors H, Charbonnier B, et al. Effects of intravenous urokinase versus alteplase on total pulmonary resistance in acute pulmonary embolism: a European multicenter double-blind trial; the European Cooperative Study Group for Pulmonary Embolism. J Am Coll Cardiol 1992; 19:239-245
15. Blinc A, Francis CW. Transport processes in fibrinolysis and fibrinolytic therapy. Thromb Haemost 1996; 76:481-491
16. Prewitt RM. Principles of thrombolysis in pulmonary embolism. Chest 1991; 99(suppl):157S-164S
17. Goldhaber SZ, Hennekens CH, Evans DA, et al. Factors associated with correct antemortem diagnosis of major pulmonary embolism. Am J Med 1982; 73:822-826
18. Caprini JA, Arcelus JI, Hoffman KN, et al. Venous duplex imaging follow-up of acute symptomatic deep vein thrombosis of the leg. J Vasc Surg 1995; 21:472-476
19. O'Shaughnessy AM, Fitzgerald DE. Natural history of proximal deep vein thrombosis assessed by duplex ultrasound. Int Angiol 1997; 16:45-49
20. Leeper KV Jr, Popovich J Jr, Lesser BA, et al. Treatment of massive acute pulmonary embolism: the use of low dose of intrapulmonary artery streptokinase combined with full doses of systemic heparin. Chest 1988; 93:234-240
21. Verstraete M, Miller GA, Bounameaux H, et al. Intravenous and intrapulmonary recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator in the treatment of acute massive pulmonary embolism. Circulation 1988; 77:353-360
22. Russo A, DeLuca M, Vigna C, et al. Central pulmonary artery lesions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Circulation 1999; 100:1808-1815
23. Summers RM, Andrasko-Bourgeois J, Feuerstein IM, et al. Evaluation of aortic root by MRI: insights from patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Circulation 1998; 98:509-518
24. Kasper W, Konstantinides S, Geibel A, et al. Management strategies and determinants of outcome in acute major pulmonary embolism: results of a multicenter registry. J Am Coll Cardiol 1997; 30:1165-1171
25. Carson JL, Kelley MA, Duff A, et al. The clinical course of pulmonary embolism in a hospital population: one-year follow-up of PIOPED patients. N Engl J Med 1992; 326: 1240-1245
26. Meneveau N, Schiele F, Metz D, et al. Comparative efficacy of two-hour regimen of streptokinase versus alteplase in acute massive pulmonary embolism: immediate clinical and hemo-dynamic outcome and one-year follow-up. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998; 31:1057-1063
27. Mercat A, Diehl J-L, Meyer G, et al. Hemodynamic effects of fluid loading in acute massive pulmonary embolism. Crit Care Med 1999; 27:540-544
28. Podbregar M, Voga G, Krivec B, et al. Should we confirm our clinical diagnostic certainty by autopsies? Intensive Care Med 2001; 27:1750-1755