4. * RVPO: right ventricular pressure overload In-Hospital Mortality Venous Thromboembolism Continuum of RV Dysfunction W Kasper. J Am Coll Cardiol 1997;30:1165-1171 Massive PE
8. n=1239, mostly outpatients Wells’ score 28% intermediate high low 78% 3% 28% 78% 3% State-of-the-art Clinical probability Low < 2 Intermediate 2 to 6 High > 6 Signs and symptoms of DVT 3.0 Heart rate > 100 1.5 Immobilization or surgery 1.5 Previous DVT or PE 1.5 Hemoptysis 1.5 Malignancy 1.5 PE as or more likely than an alternative diagnosis 3.0
9. low Geneva score n=986, only outpatients intermediate high 10% 81% 38% State-of-the-art Clinical probability Recent surgery 2 Previous PE or DVT 2 Older age 2 Hypocapnia 2 Hypoxemia 2 Tachycardia 2 Platelike atelectasis 2 Hemidiaphragm elevation 2 Low ≤ 4 Intermediate 5 to 8 High ≥ 9
10. Pisa score n=750, mostly inpatients 3% 97% 41% intermediate high low State-of-the-art Clinical probability High One or more of three symptoms (sudden onset dyspnea, chest pain, fainting) , not explained, and one or more of three chest x-ray findings (amputation of hilar artery, focal oligemia, pleural-based consolidation) Interme-diate One or more of the above symptoms, alone or with EKG findings of acute right ventricular overload Low None of the above symptoms is present or an alternative diagnosis that may account for their presence is identified
19. CT in suspected PE: a story of evolution 2-slice CT 199 2 2 x 2.7 mm 25 sec Courtesy of Emmanuel Coche 4-slice CT 1998 4 x 1 mm 25 sec 64 - slice 2004 64 x 0.625 mm 4 sec 16-slice CT 2002 16 x 0.75 mm 10 sec
20. MDCT: visualization of peripheral arteries Coche E et al. Eur Radiol 2003;13:815-22. Ghaye et al. Radiology 2001;219:629-36. 96% of subsegmental arteries and 54% of sub-subsegmental arteries are identified on multislice CT (4 rows of detectors) Courtesy of Emmanuel Coche
27. Westermark’s sign (1938) Fleischner’s sign (1962) Hampton’s sign (1940) At least one of these findings was identified in 75% of 202 patients with proven PE PISA-PED Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999 chest radiography Clinical probability
34. PE ruled out PE ruled out Comparison between MD-CTPA and perfusion lung scan
35. PE ruled out PE ruled out PE confirmed PE confirmed Comparison between MD-CTPA and perfusion lung scan
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38. Clinical probability of PE assessment Implicit or prediction rule Validated algorithm for diagnosing PE based on CT < 500 µg/L No Rx Low or intermediate ELISA D-dimer No PE V/Q scan? CT venography? Angiography? Lower limb US? Helical CT PE Rx High No PE No Rx PE Rx > 500 µg/L Helical CT ?
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48. LMWH Prepared from animal gut mucosa; contains heparin sulfate (84%), dermatan sulfate (12%), and chondroitin sulfate (4%) NV Organon/Oss, Netherlands Danaparoid sodium (Orgaran) Nitrous acid depolymerization Knoll/Markham, Ont Reviparin (Clivarine) Enzymatic depolymerization with heparinaze Leo Laboratories/Dublin, Ireland Tinzaparin (Innohep) Peroxidative depolymerization Wyeth-Ayerst/Philadelphia, PA Ardeparin (Normiflo) Nitrous acid depolymerization Pharmacia/Peakack, NJ Dalteparin (Fragmin) Benzylation followed by alkaline depolymerization Aventis/Collegeville, PA Enoxaparin sodium (Lovenox/Clexane) Nitrous acid depolymerization Sanofi/Gentilly, France Nadroparin calcium (Fraxiparin) Method of Preparation Manufacturer/Location Agents
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54. Pentasaccharides tailor made OCH 3 OCH 3 Fondaparinux ( Arixtra ® ) MOST LIKE NATURAL Once-a-day (1987) Org31550 MORE POTENT A new binding site discovered Idraparinux, SanOrg34006 SIMPLIFIED (1992) Once-a-week
55. Specific inhibition of factor Xa via ATIII Fondaparinux Idraparinux DX9065a BAY59-7939 LY-51,7717 BMS-562247 Mechanism of Action: 1 AT pentasacharides 3 AT Xa IIa II Fibrinogen Fibrin clot Extrinsic pathway Intrinsic pathway Xa AT 2
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66. NP Fam. N Engl J Med 2002; Vol. 347, No. 15 Massive PE With Haemodynamic Instability Rationale For Thrombolysis
67. Size/morphology of PE thrombi Saddle PE – no influence on outcome Pruszczyk et al., Heart 2002 Mobile PE – better outcome on th-lysis Podbregar et al., Chest 2002
68. Acute PE: Approved thrombolytic regimens Accelerated regimen: 0.6 mg/kg over 15 min 100 mg over 2 h rtPA Accelerated regimen: 3 million IU over 2 h 4,400 IU/kg as a loading dose over 10 min, followed by 4,400 IU/Kg/h over 12-24 h Urokinase Accelerated regimen: 1.5 million IU over 2 h 250,000 IU as a loading dose over 30 min, followed by 100,000 IU/h over 12-24 h Streptokinas e
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72. RV RV D /LV D < 0.9: good prognosis RV D /LV D >0.9 : high death risk 4 retrospective studies; 692 patients Venous Thromboembolism Risk Stratification: Multidetector-CT
73. Risk Stratification of PE Contemporary Algorithm for PE Severity PE confirmed, stable patient Troponin (or BNP) testing Imaging of RV (Echo, CT) Low risk (non-massive PE) Intermediate risk (submassive PE) Biomarker test negative AND RV normal Either biomarker positive OR RV abnormal Biomarker test positive AND RV abnormal
74. Risk Stratification of PE Therapeutic Implications High-Risk PE Shock, CPR Low Risk Patient normotensive Anticoagulation LMWH►VKA Thrombolysis Surgery / Intervention Intermediate Risk normotensive, echo+, biomarker+ ? 5% 85% 10%
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78. Massive PE With Haemodynamic Instability Catheter-Based Procedures N Kucher. In: Management of Pulmonary Embolism. Humana Press 2007 AngioJet Xpeedior, Possis, MN Aspirex, Straub, CH
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80. 488 patients underwent thrombolysis 40 (8.2%) did not respond within 36 h (persistent “clinical instability” + RV dysfunction) Repeat Thrombolysis (n=26) Uneventful in-hospital course in 31% (mortality, 38%) A prospective single-centre registry N Meneveau. Chest 2006;129:1043-1050 Surgical Embolectomy (n=14) Uneventful in-hospital course in 79% (mortality, 7%) P=0.004 Massive PE With Haemodynamic Instability Embolectomy After Failed Thrombolysis