title: Retrograde pulmonary embolectomy in massive pulmonary embolism.
abstract: The purpose of this study was introduction and evaluation of efficacy and safety of retrograde thromboembolectomy in acute massive pulmonary emboli. The method is described in a 56-year-old woman with acute massive pulmonary thromboemboli. Postoperative course was uneventful. The described surgical technique is not a panacea and definitely not the whole answer, but is a big part of the solution and may be accompanied with less adverse effects. Additionally, there is a need of being reviewed further in large experimental studies and measurements before it could be used safely as a new technique.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Namazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Zand Ave., P.O. Box 71345-1876, Shiraz, Iran. yarmohml@sums.ac.ir
authors.forename: Khalil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zarrabi
authors.forename: Hooman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yarmohammadi
authors.forename: Mohammad Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ostovan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome