[Report of three cases of emergency operation for acute pulmonary embolism].
Three successful surgical cases of acute pulmonary embolism with severe cardiopulmonary impairment were reported. Currently, thrombolysis is widely accepted as the front-line treatment for most patients with pulmonary embolism. However, treatment failure is high and can lead to death in the most severe cases. If these patients have severe cardiopulmonary impairment, pulmonary embolectomy should be done immediately.
Asano
H
H
First Department of Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
Ueda
K
K
Ogiwara
M
M
Handa
N
N
Fukushima
Y
Y
Minoshima
T
T
Tanabe
H
H
Kyo
S
S
Yokote
Y
Y
Omoto
R
R
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000601:surgery*