Research Article

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 2

Clinical parameters at admission.

N = 51

Systolic arterial pressure134 ± 21 mmHg
Diastolic arterial pressure81 ± 14 mmHg
Heart rate102 ± 15 per minute
Oxygen saturation without supplementation93 ± 8%
cTNI100.0 pg/ml (r. 1.3 to 1291.3)
BNP462.6 ± 63.9 pg/ml
sPAP by echocardiography47 ± 3 mmHg + CVP
RV/LV ratio by echocardiography1.15 ± 0.03
Invasive mean pulmonary pressure38 ± 11 mmHg
sPESI1.3 ± 0.7

cTNI = cardiac troponin I; BNP = brain natriuretic peptide; sPAP = systolic pulmonary artery pressure; RV/LV = right ventricular to left ventricular; sPESI = simplified pulmonary embolism severity index.