Population
12 patients with massive pulmonary thromboembolism and sustained peripheral hypotension undergoing pulmonary…
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High mortality in this small embolectomy series; leaves open its role in select massive PE.
Pulmonary embolectomy for massive pulmonary embolism carries high mortality and should be reserved for life-threatening situations with sustained hypotension, ideally utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass.
Richard D. Sautter (1965) studied this question.
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