The effect of catheter-directed thrombolytic use on readmission rates and in-hospital outcomes among cancer patients with venous thromboembolism in the United States

  • Avirup Guha
  • , Grant McKinley
  • , Amit K. Dey
  • , Rebecca Carter
  • , P. Elliott Miller
  • , Abhishek J. Deshmukh
  • , Raja Zaghlol
  • , Ana Barac
  • , Nihar R. Desai
  • , Daniel Addison

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Abstract

Background: Cancer inducing a hypercoagulable state, venous thromboembolism (VTE) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. We assessed the impacts of cancer on the likelihood for readmission after a VTE-targeted procedure. Methods: We created a new cohort using discharge-level data from all hospitalizations from State Inpatient Databases of geographically dispersed participating states (18-27 states). Results: In those presenting with VTE during index-admission (619 241), 2.4% patients underwent catheter directed thrombolytic therapy (CDL) on index admission and among those 20.3% had cancer. Moreover, the 30-day readmission rate amongst CDL recipients (10 776 overall) was 14.3% in those with cancer compared to 8.8% in those with no cancer history (P
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)609-611
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Cardiac Surgery
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2020

Keywords

  • cancer
  • catheter directed thrombolytic
  • cost of care
  • readmission
  • venous thromboembolism

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