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  • Title: Massive pulmonary embolism; the place for embolectomy.
    Author: Buckels NJ, Mulholland C, Galvin I, Gladstone D, Cleland J.
    Journal: Ulster Med J; 1988 Oct; 57(2):161-6. PubMed ID: 3232251.
    Abstract:
    Untreated massive pulmonary embolism is associated with a high mortality. Pulmonary embolectomy has been largely superceded by thrombolytic therapy, but there are cases in which pulmonary embolectomy remains the treatment of choice. We present three case reports and discuss the merits of the various treatments available for massive pulmonary embolism. The primary treatment of massive pulmonary embolism should be thrombolytic therapy, but for patients who are at risk of haemorrhage following surgery, who are in cardiogenic shock despite medical treatment, or fail to improve following cardiac arrest, then pulmonary embolectomy remains the treatment of choice.
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