Embolectomía pulmonar aguda: un enfoque contemporáneo

Lishan Aklog1, Christopher S Williams, John G Byrne

  • 1Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA.

Circulation
|March 27, 2002
PubMed
Resumen

La embolectomía pulmonar quirúrgica ofrece una alta tasa de supervivencia para la embolia pulmonar extensa con disfunción ventricular derecha. Este enfoque liberaliza los criterios, yendo más allá de un tratamiento de último recurso para mejorar los resultados de los pacientes.

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