title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery H-892, University of California Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103-8892, USA. sjamieson@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Stuart W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madani
mesh_terms: D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate