Key result
Pulmonary embolectomy with cardiopulmonary bypass successfully achieved complete removal of emboli, as demonstrated by postoperative angiography in a 50-year-old man.
Case Report (n=1)
This early case report demonstrates the feasibility of complete surgical removal of pulmonary emboli using cardiopulmonary bypass, confirmed by postoperative angiography.
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Case report supports feasibility of embolectomy with bypass; leaves open its role in acute pulmonary embolism management.
Sautter et al. (1963) conducted a case report in Pulmonary-artery obstruction (n=1). Pulmonary embolectomy with cardiopulmonary bypass and inferior vena cava ligation was evaluated on Complete surgical removal of emboli. Pulmonary embolectomy with cardiopulmonary bypass successfully achieved complete removal of emboli, as demonstrated by postoperative angiography in a 50-year-old man.
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