Catheter-Based Interventions

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editors-in-Chief: Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS [2]

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Overview

Transcatheter procedures can be performed as an alternative to thrombolysis when

  • Thrombolysis is contraindications
  • When emergency surgical thrombectomy is unavailable or contraindicated.
  • when thrombolysis has failed to improve hemodynamics in the acute setting.