A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of TwiFlow-System for Acute Pulmonary Embolism

As a prospective, single-arm clinical study, the investigators plan to evaluate the new production's efficacy and safety which named 'TwiFlow-Thrombectomy Catheter System'. This study will be carried out in Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital, Xiamen University. A total of 3 subjects are planned to be enrolled. After screening, all subjects will be treated with transcatheter pulmonary artery thrombectomy system, and clinical follow-up will be conducted at 48 hours, 14 days and 30 days after surgery.

Right Ventricular/Left Ventricular decline from baseline to 48 hours after surgery and the incidence of major adverse events (MAE) within 48 hours after surgery were used as primary endpoints. In instrument performance evaluation, the success rate of surgery, postoperative immediate target lesion embolus removal efficiency, pulmonary artery pressure changes before and after operation value, values of arterial oxygen partial pressure changes before and after operation, death rates related to the equipment in 48 hours after surgery, incident rate of bleeding in 48 hours after operation, postoperative clinical deterioration rate in 48 hours after surgery, postoperative pulmonary vascular injury incidence in 48 hours after surgery, the incidence of heart damage injury in 48 hours after surgery, all-cause death rate in 30 days after surgery, and symptomatic Pulmonary Embolization recurrence rate in 30 days after surgery were secondary endpoints.

Inclusion criteria

• 18≤ age ≤75, no gender limitation;
• patients clinically diagnosed as acute pulmonary embolism requiring pulmonary artery thrombosis clearance;
• RV/LV ratio ≥0.9;
• Patients who agreed to participate in the study and voluntarily signed the informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Target vessel diameter < 6.6mm;
• Calcification, plaque or stenosis of target lesions;
• Hematocrit < 28%;
• Patients with a history of chronic pulmonary hypertension;
• Patients with left bundle branch block;
• A history of chronic left heart failure and left ventricular ejection fraction ≤30%;
• Patients with abnormal renal function (serum creatinine > 1.8 mg/dL or >159 umol/L);
• Patients with known coagulopathy or bleeding tendency (platelet <100×109/L, or INR> 3);
• Patients who cannot receive antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy;
• Patients who underwent cardiovascular or pulmonary open surgery within 7 days before surgery;
• Patients with intracardiac thrombosis;
• Patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation;
• Patients known to be allergic to contrast agents;
• Patients with diseases that may cause difficulty in treatment and evaluation (such as malignant tumor, acute infectious disease, sepsis, general condition that cannot tolerate surgery, life expectancy less than one year, etc.);
• Pregnant and lactating women;
• Patients who are participating in clinical trials of other drugs or medical devices;
• Other patients deemed unsuitable for the study by the investigator;