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Massive pulmonary embolism; the place for embolectomy.
The Ulster Medical Journal
|October 1, 1988
Summary
Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) treatment involves thrombolytic therapy. However, pulmonary embolectomy is crucial for patients with hemorrhage risk, cardiogenic shock, or cardiac arrest unresponsive to other treatments.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Emergency Medicine
Background:
- Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) carries a high mortality rate.
- Thrombolytic therapy has largely replaced pulmonary embolectomy for PE.
- Specific clinical scenarios still warrant consideration of pulmonary embolectomy.