Two Clots Removed by Pulmonary Embolectomy

Pulmonary embolectomy by flying squad.

until a week later, when on provocation she muttered two expletives. Thereafter she was mobilized and made satisfactory progress. The tracheostomy was closed and it subsequently healed. Four weeks after stopping the diazepam it was clear that her mental faculties were unimpaired and that she retained a remarkably good sense of humour. She was discharged home three months after her admission wal...

Off-pump pulmonary embolectomy.

Pulmonary embolism is a common clinical condition associated with high mortality. Surgical pulmonary embolectomy (SPE), despite having been in existence for over 100 years, is generally regarded as an option of last resort with high mortality rates. Prompt recognition of predictors of mortality, such as right ventricular stress on echocardiography, helps decision-making for immediate surgical p...

Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy.

Catheter-assisted pulmonary embolectomy.

Case presentation: A 65-year-old man presented to the emergency department after a fall and was diagnosed with a fracture of the right femoral neck. He was scheduled for surgical repair the following day. During positioning for arthroplasty, he developed hypotension, tachycardia, and hypoxia, followed by pulseless electric activity. He was resuscitated and maintained on epinephrine and norepine...

Pulmonary embolectomy by catheter device in massive pulmonary embolism.

From 1982 to 1989, ECD was performed on 18 patients suffering from poorly-tolerated massive pulmonary embolism, for whom classic treatments (fibrinolytics and surgery) were impossible. Eleven of these 18 patients immediately improved (S group). This procedure was unsuccessful in other seven patients (F group). Thirteen patients survived (72 percent). The time lag between the first episode of pu...