MT on VA-ECMO for High-Risk PE: 35% 30-Day Mortality in 20 Patients

30-day mortality was 35% in 20 patients who had mechanical thrombectomy on VA-ECMO for high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE); complications occurred in 45%, a single-center case series reports.

• No variables were significantly associated with mortality.
• Acute bleeding events occurred in 30% and neurologic events in 15% after ECMO and MT.
• This single-center retrospective study lacks a comparator group and has a small sample size.

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