Publications by authors named "Achala Prashant Barigidad"
Article Synopsis
- Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a serious condition in the US where blood clots block pulmonary arteries, leading to potentially fatal outcomes. This study evaluates the trends and mortality predictors of patients treated with mechanical and surgical thrombectomy from 2010 to 2018 using national healthcare data.
- The analysis involved over 1.6 million hospitalizations for PE, with a very small percentage undergoing mechanical (0.39%) or surgical (0.21%) thrombectomy, and the usage of mechanical thrombectomy increased significantly during the study period.
- Findings showed that in-hospital mortality rates were 9.1% for mechanical thrombectomy and 13.9% for surgical thrombectomy,
