What do systematic reviews say?

Ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis vs thrombolysis alone

• Percutaneous thrombectomy or ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis for initial management of acute limb ischaemia 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 60 participants
  GRADE not reported

Ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis vs thrombolysis alone

It is very uncertain whether ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis changes amputation rate compared with thrombolysis alone (very low certainty).

• Percutaneous thrombectomy or ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis for initial management of acute limb ischaemia 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.14 [0.17, 7.59]
  1 study · 60 participants
  Very low

Ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis vs thrombolysis alone

It is very uncertain whether ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis changes major bleeding compared with thrombolysis alone (very low certainty).

• Percutaneous thrombectomy or ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis for initial management of acute limb ischaemia 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.71 [0.31, 9.53]
  1 study · 60 participants
  Very low

Ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis vs thrombolysis alone

It is very uncertain whether ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis changes clinical success ‐ increase in ABI by at least 0.2 compared with thrombolysis alone (very low certainty).

• Percutaneous thrombectomy or ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis for initial management of acute limb ischaemia 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1 [0.94, 1.07]
  1 study · 60 participants
  Very low

Ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis vs thrombolysis alone

• Percutaneous thrombectomy or ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis for initial management of acute limb ischaemia 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 60 participants
  GRADE not reported

Ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis vs thrombolysis alone

It is very uncertain whether ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis changes adverse events compared with thrombolysis alone (very low certainty).

• Percutaneous thrombectomy or ultrasound‐accelerated thrombolysis for initial management of acute limb ischaemia 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 5.69 [0.28, 113.72]
  1 study · 60 participants
  Very low