U.S., Oct. 14 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07869875) titled 'Comparing Three Catheter Aspiration Strategies for Intermediate-High-Risk Acute Pulmonary Embolism' on Oct. 04.
Brief Summary: Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition in which blood clots block the arteries of the lungs. For patients with intermediate-high-risk PE, doctors may remove the clots through a thin tube (catheter) placed into the lung arteries, a procedure called percutaneous catheter aspiration.
Two main types of catheters are used. Small-bore catheters (8-12 French) are easier to guide into the smaller, more distant branches of the lung arteries, but they remove large centra...