Case Report
Bilateral EKOS® EndoWave™ Catheter Thrombolysis of Acute Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism in a Hemodynamically Unstable Patient
Pulmonary embolism is a common and sometimes devastating disease caused by many factors, most commonly deep venous thrombosis. Treatment is typically systemic anticoagulation depending on patient clinical presentation. For patients with life threatening pulmonary embolism, IV tPA (Activase, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA) is the most common medication given emergently…