title: Pulmonary embolectomy: should it be offered earlier rather than later?
abstract: Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are associated with approximately 250,000 hospitalizations each year. Nearly seventy percent of patients who die of a pulmonary embolism do so within the first hour after onset of symptoms, so prompt and appropriate treatment is needed. Pulmonary embolectomy is a viable alternative for massive and submassive pulmonary embolism. We report 3 cases of successful pulmonary embolectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Naresh A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Dewan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed