Hydro-mechanical Defragmentation of Pulmonary Embolism

A(6)F multipurpose catheter will be advanced over a guide wire under fluoroscopic guidance and used to measure right heart and pulmonary artery pressures, then mechanical catheter fragmentation will be done using a pigtail catheter. The catheter will be quickly spun manually so as to fragment the central thrombus and establish initial flow into pulmonary artery , then 200 ml saline will be injected via power injector to aid fragmentation of thrombus