Herman Kado

BACKGROUND: Mechanical thrombectomy offers a promising alternative to thrombolytic-based approaches for reducing thrombus burden and right heart strain in acute pulmonary embolism. This pivotal Food and Drug Administration–approval trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of the Symphony Thrombectomy System (Imperative Care, Inc, Campbell, CA) in acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism. METHODS: Patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (systolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg; right ventricle-to-left ventricle ratio >0.9) were enrolled without roll-ins. The primary safety end point was the rate of major adverse events within 48 hours, defined as a composite of all-cause major bleeding, device-related mortality, and serious device-related events, adjudicated by an academic independent safety board. The primary efficacy end point was the core laboratory–assessed mean change in right ventricle-to-left ventricle ratio from baseline to 48 hours. Prespecified performance goals were set for both. Exploratory end points included immediate postprocedure change in mean pulmonary artery pressure and change in modified Miller index at 48 hours. Safety was assessed in the intention-to-treat cohort and efficacy in the modified intention-to-treat cohort, excluding patients receiving nonstudy device treatments. RESULTS: Between December 2023 and May 2025, 109 patients were treated at 17 US centers (intention-to-treat), with 106 in the modified intention-to-treat cohort. The major adverse events rate was 0.9% (1/109), with an upper 97.5% CI of 5.7%, meeting the P 0.20 performance goal ( P P <0.001. CONCLUSIONS: These data support the safety and effectiveness of the Symphony Thrombectomy System in patients with acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism. REGISTRATION: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov ; Unique identifier: NCT06062329.

The profunda femoral artery is an uncommon location for a pseudoaneurysm and is technically challenging to resolve with traditional techniques, such as ultrasound-guided compression or thrombin injection, owing to its deep anatomical location. Balloon-assisted thrombin injection (BATI) is a technique that has been shown to be effective using contralateral access for technically difficult pseudoaneurysms in high-risk surgical patients. We report a case of BATI using radial access in a patient with a profunda femoral artery pseudoaneurysm.