Reperfusion Injury Following Catheter Directed Thrombolysis of Pulmonary Embolism

Ari Friedman^1, , Seth Sokol², Amit Kakkar², Mark Guelfgaut³ and Jincy Thankachen²

¹Department of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA

²Division of Cardiology, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA

³Department of Radiology, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA

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Ari Friedman, Seth Sokol, Amit Kakkar, Mark Guelfgaut and Jincy Thankachen. Reperfusion Injury Following Catheter Directed Thrombolysis of Pulmonary Embolism. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021; 9(11):554-556. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-9-11-10

Abstract

Catheter directed thrombolysis (CDT) is a growing field of intervention to treat pulmonary embolism (PE) and restore physiologic circulation. Reperfusion injury (RI) is a well-documented phenomenon seen post-thrombolysis. To date there are no reported cases of this phenomena following CDT. We present a patient with bilateral PE treated with CDT who subsequently developed RI.

Keywords

reperfusion injury, pulmonary embolism, catheter directed thrombolysis

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