"Weekend Effect" in Acute Pulmonary Embolism Management and Outcomes

Aryan Mehta; Mridul Bansal; Siddhant Passey; Saurabh Joshi; Carlos L Alviar; Jason N Katz; Jinnette Dawn Abbott; Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2024.10.030

"Weekend Effect" in Acute Pulmonary Embolism Management and Outcomes

Am J Cardiol. 2025 Jan 1:234:87-89. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2024.10.030. Epub 2024 Oct 28.

Authors

Aryan Mehta¹, Mridul Bansal², Siddhant Passey¹, Saurabh Joshi³, Carlos L Alviar⁴, Jason N Katz⁴, Jinnette Dawn Abbott⁵, Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut.
² Department of Medicine, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hartford HealthCare, Hartford, Connecticut.
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York.
⁵ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute, Providence, Rhode Island.
⁶ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute, Providence, Rhode Island. Electronic address: svallabhajosyula@brownhealth.org.

PMID: 39477200
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2024.10.030

No abstract available

Keywords: catheter-directed thrombectomy; mechanical thrombectomy; pulmonary embolism; surgical thrombectomy; systemic thrombolysis; weekend effect.