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Filter by:The increased use of diagnostic imaging and especially computed tomography pulmonary angiography in patients suspected of pulmonary embolism (PE) is an important point of concerns. The goal of this pragmatic cluster-randomized trial is to compare the diagnostic strategy based on the four-level pulmonary embolism probability score (4PEPS) and current practices. The main questions it aims to answer is: "Does the diagnostic strategy based on 4PEPS significantly reduce the use of thoracic imaging without increasing the risk of serious adverse events as compared to current diagnostic practices?" Patients suspected of having PE in the participating emergency departments will be included and followed for 90 days. In ten centers, the emergency physicians will apply the 4PEPS strategy and in ten other centers, the emergency physicians will be free to do as they see fit. Researchers will compare the two groups of patients to see if the rate of diagnostic thoracic imaging tests and the rate of adverse events related to diagnostic strategies will differ.
LAAOS-4 aims to determine if catheter-based endovascular left atrial appendage occlusion prevents ischemic stroke or systemic embolism in participants with atrial fibrillation, who remain at high risk of stroke, despite receiving ongoing treatment with oral anticoagulation.
Evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Aventus Thrombectomy System for aspiration thrombectomy in subjects with acute pulmonary embolism.
A study of how supplemental oxygen helps patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Hypothesis: Oxygen affects right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) primarily by relieving hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and reducing pulmonary pressure (PA) pressure, and that this process is metabolically driven.
In this study, 120 patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) will be included on a two years-period in an intensive care unit (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille, France). Those patients will benefit from a blood test at inclusion in order to measure several coagulation biomarkers, including EV-TF. Subsequently, these patients will be treated according to the usual practices of the department, following recommendations. Patients who received an injected CT scan between Day 5 and Day 28 will be divided into two groups based on the presence or absence of a pulmonary embolism on imaging. The measured values of EV-TF levels and other studied biomarkers will be compared between these two groups in order to detect a possible association between them and the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. It should be noted that patients receiving an injected CT-scan between Day 5 and Day 7 will be included in the main analysis while those receiving it between Day 8 and Day 28 will be included in the secondary analysis. Others will be excluded from any analysis. At the same time, several collections of clinical data will be carried out: on Day 1, Day 7, Day 28, and on the day of the CT scan if it is performed at another time.
BACKGROUND: Worldwide, 2 million patients aged 18-50 years suffer an ischemic stroke each year with an increasing trend over the past decade due to yet unknown reasons. Whereas prognosis and antithrombotic treatment in older patients with cardiovascular disease are among the best studied topics in clinical medicine, this does not hold true for patients at young age. It is of great importance to treat these patient groups correctly to prevent recurrence and bleeding complications. However, previous research have shown that there is a long-term increased risk of recurrent ischemic events despite the secondary prevention and a subsequent increased bleeding risk. To tailor effective antithrombotic therapy to the individual patient, it is essential to understand the underlying pathogenesis and identify modifiable risk factors in young patients for recurrence or bleeding. It is thought that abnormalities of hemostasis may play a key role in early-onset ischemic stroke. First, prothrombotic conditions are associated with an increased risk for ischemic stroke at young age. In addition, disturbance of the hemostatic balance due to one or several triggers can activate the coagulation cascade, which on its turn can lead or contribute to clot formation and subsequent arterial occlusion. In previous study, there were indications that trigger factors such as fever and/or an infection in the days prior to the stroke may play a role in the pathogenesis. This suggests that an interaction between inflammation, endothelial damage and coagulation may lead to the formation of a clot. In this observational study we aim to investigate the role of the immune system, endothelial damage and coagulation in the pathogenesis and prognosis of stroke in young patients. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of hemostasis, inflammation and endothelial activation in the etiology and prognosis in an acute ischemic stroke (or TIA) in young stroke patients. STUDY DESIGN: Multicentre prospective observational study STUDY POPULATION: All patients aged between 18 and 50 years old with a first-ever ischemic stroke or TIA who are admitted to the neurology ward or seen at the outpatient clinic of one of the participating centers. Main exclusion criteria are: history of clinical TIA, ischemic stroke or intracerebral hemorrhage. A intracerebral hemorrhage resulting from trauma, known aneurysm or underlying intracerebral malignancy. A venous infarction, retinal infarction and amourosis fugax. Inadequate control of the Dutch language to reliably sign an informed consent from and/or participate in the follow-up. Patients are excluded if they have a contra indication for 3T MRI. In addition 60 healthy controls (18-50 years old) will be included. MAIN STUDY ENDPOINTS: 1. Baseline and 3 months coagulation profile: Whole blood and platelet poor plasma thrombin generation, platelet function tests, and coagulation biomarkers, screening for thrombophilia. 2. Baseline and 3 months inflammation/endothelial activation profile: Cytokines/chemokines, expression of receptors/cofactors related to hemostasis on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), stimulation tests of PBMC's to assess trained immunity. 3. Vessel wall enhancement on 3 Tesla MRI 4. Questionnaire trigger factors
Objectives: To evaluate the safety of outpatient treatment of patients with very low-risk pulmonary embolism (PE), and the satisfaction and quality of life of this management. Methods: An experimental study of routine clinical practice will be carried out in which 300 consecutive hemodynamically stable patients with acute symptomatic PE will be included, who meet all the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria. All patients included in the study will be treated on an outpatient basis, that is, they will be discharged within the first 24 hours of the diagnosis of PE in the Emergency Department. The Computerized Registry of Thromboembolic Disease RIETE (Registro Informatizado de Enfermedad TromboEmbólica) will be used to collect the data in electronic case report form (CRF) and ensure the quality of the data. Setting: Emergency, Pneumology and Internal Medicine Services of 10 Spanish hospitals. Analysis: An intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis will be performed on all patients who sign the informed consent and are included in the study (regardless of whether or not they receive the assigned strategy). Additionally, an analysis of all patients who are treated on an outpatient basis without deviations or violations of the protocol will be performed. The primary outcome considered will be the composite of recurrent PE, major bleeding, or death from any cause during the first 30 days after enrollment in the study. Patient satisfaction and quality of life will be considered as secondary outcomes.
To establish a clinical registry of suspected cases of AFE. The existing registry will be migrated to a new platform,
Migration of a thrombus in the pulmonary circulation is the leading cause of pulmonary embolism (PE). It can be prevented mechanically by implanting a vena cava filter (VCF) in the inferior vena cava. The implation of a VCF is indicated for patients with acute PE and a contraindication to anticoagulation, with an acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) without PE and a contraindication to anticoagulation or with acute venous thromboembolism (less than 3 months) in whom an interventional gesture at hemorrhagic and thromboembolic risk contraindicates anticoagulation. The purpose of this study is to describe the rates of implantation, removal and complications associated with the use of the optional ALN OATF VCF in current practice.
The purpose of this study is to prospectively validate the first PUMCH model for acute PE severity and prognosis prediction based on multi-center data constructed in the pre-project period based on national population data, and to optimize the PUMCH model based on artificial intelligence clustering algorithm.