Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 1431-1440, November 2009

Catheter-directed Therapy for the Treatment of Massive Pulmonary Embolism: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Modern Techniques

Preliminary data for this study were presented at the SIR 2008 annual meeting.

  • William T. Kuo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, H-3630, Stanford, CA 94305-5642
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to W.T.K.
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  • Michael K. Gould, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, H-3630, Stanford, CA 94305-5642
    • Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California
    • ,
  • John D. Louie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, H-3630, Stanford, CA 94305-5642
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  • Jarrett K. Rosenberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, H-3630, Stanford, CA 94305-5642
    • ,
  • Daniel Y. Sze, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, H-3630, Stanford, CA 94305-5642
    • ,
  • Lawrence V. Hofmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, H-3630, Stanford, CA 94305-5642

Received 18 February 2009; received in revised form 15 July 2009; accepted 3 August 2009.

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 D.Y.S. is a consultant for MediGene, Inc. and Jennerex Biotherapeutics, Inc. He is on the medical advisory board for Lunar Design, Inc., and he is a shareholder of Nitinol Devices and Components, Inc. None of these are related to the subject matter of this article. L.V.H. is on the scientific advisory board for Bacchus Vascular and Portola Pharmaceuticals. He is a speaker for Cook. None of these are related to the subject matter of this article. None of the other authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00802-1

doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2009.08.002

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 1431-1440, November 2009

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