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Thrombolysis for Pulmonary Embolism and Risk of All-Cause Mortality, Major Bleeding, and Intracranial Hemorrhage: A Meta-analysis

Saurav Chatterjee, Anasua Chakraborty, Ido Weinberg, et al JAMA, 2014, 311(23):2414-2421

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This meta-analysis of all RCTs of thrombolytic therapy in PE identified 16 eligible articles, with 2115 patients, for inclusion with the following results;

  • 210 patients (9.93%) had low risk PE, 1.47% high-risk, 70.87% intermediate risk
  • thrombolytic therapy was...

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