Marco Zuin, Gregory Piazza, Stefano Barco, Behnood Bikdeli, Lukas Hobohm, George Giannakoulas, Stavros Konstantinides

Time-based reperfusion in haemodynamically unstable pulmonary embolism patients: does early reperfusion therapy improve survival?

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
  • General Medicine
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Abstract High-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Systemic thrombolysis remains the most evidenced-based treatment for haemodynamically unstable PE, but in daily clinical practice, it remains largely underused. In addition, unlike acute myocardial infarction or stroke, a clear time window for reperfusion therapy, including fibrinolysis, for high-risk PE has not been defined either for fibrinolysis or for the more recently incorporated options of catheter-based thrombolysis or thrombectomy. The aim of the present article is to review the current evidence supporting the potential benefit of earlier administration of reperfusion in haemodynamically unstable PE patients and suggest some potential strategies to further explore this issue.

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