EKOS™ Jena Experience: Safety, Feasibility, and Midterm Outcomes of Percutaneous Ultrasound-Assisted Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in Patients with Intermediate-High-Risk or High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

	N = 51 (%)
Age	63 ± 18 years
Women	30 (59%)
Men	21 (41%)
BMI (kg/m^2)	31.1 ± 7.1 kg/m^2
Trigger	24 (47%)
Immobilization	14 (27%)
Cancer, active	9 (18%)
History of cancer	3 (6%)
Nicotine, active	4 (8%)
History of nicotine abuse	3 (6%)
Hormonal contraception	7/30 (23%)
Hereditary thrombophilia	2 (4%)
Mutation (heterozygous)	1 × Factor V Leiden
	1 × prothrombin
Deep vein thrombosis	34 (67%)
Left leg affected	22 (65%)
Recurrent venous thromboembolism	15 (29%)
Recurrent pulmonary embolism	6 (12%)
Recurrent deep vein thrombosis	9 (18%)
Diabetes mellitus	5 (10%)
Arterial hypertension	25 (49%)
Chronic lung disease	5 (10%)
Chronic heart failure	4 (10%)

BMI = body mass index.