Evaluation of the Standard Catheter-directed Thrombolysis (SCDT) Effectiveness in Intermediate-High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Patients
A single-center, open-label, randomized comparative study of two treatment strategies in patients with intermediate-high-risk acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Patients will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to standard anticoagulant therapy or standard catheter-directed thrombolysis (SСDT) with a low dose of alteplase, followed by evaluation of short- and long-term efficacy and safety in each group
• Age \> 18 years
• Computed tomography angiography (CTA) - verified proximal (pulmonary trunk and/or main and/or lobar branches of the pulmonary artery) PE and symptom onset \< 14 days prior
• Intermediate-high risk PE with a RV dysfunction (RV/LV diameter ratio \>1 on TTE or CTA) and an elevated biomarker (hs-troponin or NT-proBNP) level
• Signed informed consent