Registry of Catheter Intervention in Pulmonary Embolism

Inclusion Criteria: * adult patients (aged 18 years old or older) * confirmed diagnosis of acute PE (on computed tomography or echocardiogram plus pulmonary angiography) * high-risk PE or intermediate-high risk according to ESC risk stratification in the 2019 guidelines (briefly, elevated cardiac biomarkers \[troponin or N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide\], and right ventricle to left ventricle ratio \> 0.9 \[on computed tomography or echocardiogram\], and PE severity index III to IV or simplified PE severity index=1 * eligibility for catheter-directed intervention Exclusion Criteria: * unconfirmed diagnosis of PE * undefined risk stratification, and * PE with uncertain chronology or beyond seven days of symptom initiation.