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In the 1970s, both the Urokinase Pulmonary Embolism and Urokinase-Streptokinase Pulmonary Embolism trials began the quest to develop thrombolytic therapy for the treatment of acute massive and submassive pulmonary embolism (PE).
Massive and submassive PE was defined by both presence of thrombi in the main pulmonary artery and right ventricular diameter greater than that of left ventricle by contrast enhanced CT exam, suggesting of right ventricular pressure load.
Multiple studies now advocate the use of thrombolysis (TPA) in both massive and submassive PE [ 1, 2].
Opposing these limitations, the strengths of this study lie, first, in the prospective design that includes a clearly defined group of patients with massive and submassive PE.
As shown in Table 1, demographics and predisposing risk factors were not significantly different between patients with massive and submassive PE or between patients with massive PE who died and those who survived.
This is the first prospective observational study to evaluate cell-free plasma mt-DNA and n-DNA concentrations by real-time specific PCR in patients with massive and submassive PE presenting at the ED and to compare them with two specific cardiac markers, H-FABP and Tn-I.
Generally, depending on the severity, haemoptysis is divided into massive haemoptysis and submassive haemoptysis (nonlife-threatening haemoptysis).
The low-risk PE group had lower MPV and MPV/P than the massive PE and submassive PE groups.
Rapid risk stratification by identifying patients with acute massive and acute submassive PE is essential in determining appropriate treatment escalation beyond anticoagulation.
To investigate the incidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and massive or submassive pulmonary embolism (PE) in Japanese trauma population.
As regards risk stratification in patients with PE, scientific guidelines state that acute pulmonary embolism can be classified into three subtypes: massive, submassive, and stable [ 11].
