Photo Credit: Michael Rosenberg, MD (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis) Among patients with submassive pulmonary embolism (PE), right ventricular function can improve within 48 hours of undergoing thrombectomy with the Indigo aspiration system (Penumbra), final results of the single-arm EXTRACT-PE trial show. The RV/LV diameter ratio fell by 27.3% after the procedure. Three major adverse events occurred within 48 hours in two patients (1.7%)—both had major bleeds and one ultimately died, researchers led by Akhilesh Sista, MD (NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY), report. Intraprocedural thrombolytic therapy was avoided in all but two patients. The findings, published online January 13, 2021, ahead of print in