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Results of FLARE study of FlowTriever system in pulmonary embolism published in JACC

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Last updated:8th May 2019
Published:8th May 2019
Source: Pharmawand

Inari Medical has announced the publication of its 106-patient prospective multicenter FlowTriever Mechanical Pulmonary Embolectomy (FLARE) study for the treatment of intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE). The study was published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. FLARE was conducted under the direction of co-principal investigators, Dr. Kenneth Rosenfield, Section Head for Vascular Medicine and Intervention at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and Dr. Victor Tapson, Associate Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.

See: "A Prospective, Single-Arm, Multicenter Trial of Catheter-Directed Mechanical Thrombectomy for Intermediate-Risk Acute Pulmonary Embolism: The FLARE Study" Thomas Tu et al. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions Volume 12, Issue 9, May 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.12.022

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