Clot Extraction With the FlowTriever Device in Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism

Aaron Samuel Weinberg; Suhail Dohad; Danny Ramzy; Hooman Madyoon; Victor F Tapson

doi:10.1177/0885066616666031

Clot Extraction With the FlowTriever Device in Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism

J Intensive Care Med. 2016 Dec;31(10):676-679. doi: 10.1177/0885066616666031. Epub 2016 Sep 21.

Authors

Aaron Samuel Weinberg¹, Suhail Dohad², Danny Ramzy³, Hooman Madyoon², Victor F Tapson⁴

Affiliations

¹ 1 Pulmonary and Critical Care, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
² 2 Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ 3 Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁴ 4 Pulmonary and Critical Care, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA, USA.

PMID: 27601482
DOI: 10.1177/0885066616666031

Abstract

Clinical guidelines support the use of systemic thrombolytic therapy for acute massive pulmonary embolism (PE). When anticoagulation and thrombolysis fail or are contraindicated, options become limited. We report an acute PE case in which treatment options were limited, and a novel device, the FlowTriever (Inari Medical, Irvine, California), was successfully used. This is the first case report of the use of this device that we are aware of.

Keywords: FlowTriever; acute massive pulmonary embolism; catheter-directed therapy; clot extraction; heparin-induced thrombocytopenia; lung transplant; percutaneous endovascular clot retrieval; pulmonary embolus; thrombolysis.