Advanced pulmonary embolism thrombolysis ‘underused,’ prone to inequitable use

Use of advanced thrombolysis in the U.S. remains low and is prone to disparate use among women and Black patients presenting with pulmonary embolism, a speaker reported.
A “big data” analysis of disparities in use of advanced therapy for PE — defined as advanced ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis — was presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Sessions.
At TCT 2023, Peter Monteleone, MD, interventional cardiologist at the University of Texas at Austin Dell School of Medicine, Ascension Texas Cardiovascular in

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