Pulmonary vascular disease & thromboembolismCohort study
Catheter-based therapy for high-risk or intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism: death and re-hospitalization
- Retrospective cohort study
- Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW)
- National Readmission Database 2017-20
Authors' conclusion
Among patients with high-risk or intermediate-risk PE, CBT was associated with lower in-hospital death and 90-day readmission.
Study context
- Population
- Patients hospitalized with intermediate-risk or high-risk PE14,903 high-risk
- Exposure
- CBT vs no CBT
- Outcome
- In-hospital death
- Follow-up
- In-hospital
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
CBT vs No CBTOdds ratio (95% CI)
high-risk PE
0.83(0.80–0.87)
intermediate-risk PE
0.76(0.70–0.83)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | HR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| 90-day all-cause readmission · 90 days — CBT vs No CBT · high-risk PE | 0.77 (0.71–0.83) | |
| 90-day all-cause readmission · 90 days — CBT vs No CBT · intermediate-risk PE | 0.75 (0.72–0.79) | |
| 90-day VTE readmission · 90 days — CBT vs No CBT · high-risk PE | 0.46 (0.34–0.63) | |
| 90-day VTE readmission · 90 days — CBT vs No CBT · intermediate-risk PE | 0.66 (0.57–0.76) | |
| 0.20.5125Hazard ratio (log scale) |
Original publication
Catheter-based therapy for high-risk or intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism: death and re-hospitalization. Eur Heart J. Published 4 April 2024. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehae184
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it