title: Minimally invasive off-pump pulmonary embolectomy.
abstract: We report the case of a 35-year-old female with acute massive right pulmonary embolism, successfully treated by a minimally invasive off-pump pulmonary embolectomy-the first case in the literature implemented via the J-ministernotomy.
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK. ashrafian@email.com
authors: Hutan
authors: H
authors: Ashrafian
authors: Pankaj
authors: P
authors: Kumar
authors: Thanos
authors: T
authors: Athanasiou
authors: Rex D
authors: RD
authors: Stanbridge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed