PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ataya, Ali
AU  - Cope, Jessica
AU  - Shahmohammadi, Abbas
AU  - Alnuaimat, Hassan
TI  - Do patients with submassive pulmonary embolism benefit from thrombolytic therapy?
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.83a.15116
DP  - 2016 Dec 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 923--932
VI  - 83
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/12/923.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/12/923.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2016 Dec 01; 83
AB  - Despite growing interest in thrombolytic agents to treat submassive pulmonary embolism, their role in this scenario remains controversial. Needed is a way to identify patients with this condition who are at risk of clinical deterioration and who would benefit from thrombolytic therapy. Here, we review the use of thrombolytic agents in submassive pulmonary embolism to help distinguish the risk and benefits of this therapy.