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Table 3 Clinical outcomes at 30 days

From: Clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes of patients with critical acute pulmonary embolism requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: from the COMMAND VTE Registry-2

 

Overall

Surgical intervention

Catheter intervention

Thrombolytic therapy

Anticoagulation only

Number

76

16

16

16

28

All-cause death

23 (30.3%)

1 (6.3%)

7 (43.8%)

4 (25.0%)

11 (39.3%)

PE-related death

23 (30.3%)

1 (6.3%)

7 (43.8%)

4 (25.0%)

11 (39.3%)

Major bleeding

41 (54.0%)

16 (100%)*

7 (43.8%)

6 (37.5%)

12 (42.9%)

Intracranial bleeding

3 (3.9%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (6.3%)

2 (7.1%)

Respiratory bleeding

2 (2.6%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (6.3%)

1 (6.3%)

0 (0.0%)

Thoracic cavity/abdominal cavity

2 (2.6%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (6.3%)

1 (3.6%)

Procedure site bleeding

17 (22.4%)

0 (0.0%)

6 (37.5%)

3 (18.8%)

8 (28.6%)

Surgery-related bleeding

17 (22.4%)

16 (100%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (3.6%)

  1. PE pulmonary embolism. The detailed definition of clinical outcomes is shown in supplementary appendix 4
  2. *All major bleeding events were bleeding events leading to transfusion of 2 or more units of red blood cells during the surgical procedures or within 48 h after surgery