title: [Surgical treatment of pulmonary embolism].
abstract: This case report describes three cases of acute massive pulmonary embolism treated with surgical embolectomy at Skejby Sygehus (Aarhus University Hospital), Denmark, in the period from March 2005 to January 2006. It was necessary to open each pulmonary artery in all three patients in order to remove as much of the embolic material as possible. The three patients survived the operation, although one had hypoxic brain damage resulting from cardiac arrest prior to hospitalization. They all had normal echocardiography postoperatively. Surgical embolectomy is therefore a feasible treatment for acute massive pulmonary embolism.
authors.affiliation: Hjerte-lunge-karkirurgisk Afdeling T, Arhus Universitetshospital, Skejby. DK-8200 Arhus C. funder@ki.au.dk.
authors.forename: Jonas Amstrup
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Funder
authors.forename: Lars B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Ilkjaer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome