Comparing Management Strategies in Patients With Clot-in-Transit.
Circ Cardiovasc Interv
; 17(8): e014109, 2024 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Clot-in-transit is associated with high mortality, but optimal management strategies remain uncertain. The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of different treatment strategies in patients with clot-in-transit.METHODS:
This is a retrospective study of patients with documented clot-in-transit in the right heart on echocardiography across 2 institutions between January 2020 and October 2023. The primary outcome was a composite of in-hospital mortality, resuscitated cardiac arrest, or hemodynamic decompensation.RESULTS:
Among 35 patients included in the study, 10 patients (28.6%) received anticoagulation alone and 2 patients (5.7%) received systemic thrombolysis, while 23 patients (65.7%) underwent catheter-based therapy (CBT; 22 mechanical thrombectomy and 1 catheter-directed thrombolysis). Over a median follow-up of 30 days, 9 patients (25.7%) experienced the primary composite outcome. Compared with anticoagulation alone, patients who received CBT or systemic thrombolysis had significantly lower rates of the primary composite outcome (12% versus 60%; log-rank P<0.001; hazard ratio, 0.13 [95% CI, 0.03-0.54]; P=0.005) including a lower rate of death (8% versus 50%; hazard ratio, 0.10 [95% CI, 0.02-0.55]; P=0.008), resuscitated cardiac arrest (4% versus 30%; hazard ratio, 0.12 [95% CI, 0.01-1.15]; P=0.067), or hemodynamic deterioration (4% versus 30%; hazard ratio, 0.12 [95% CI, 0.01-1.15]; P=0.067).CONCLUSIONS:
In this study of CBT in patients with clot-in-transit, CBT or systemic thrombolysis was associated with a significantly lower rate of adverse clinical outcomes, including a lower rate of death compared with anticoagulation alone driven by the CBT group. CBT has the potential to improve outcomes. Further large-scale studies are needed to test these associations.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Terapia Trombolítica
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Mortalidad Hospitalaria
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Trombectomía
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Fibrinolíticos
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Anticoagulantes
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En
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Circ Cardiovasc Interv
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Circ., cariovasc. interv. (Print)
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Circulation. cardiovascular interventions (Print)
Asunto de la revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
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CARDIOLOGIA
Año:
2024
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Article