Marc de Perrot, MD Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network University of Toronto Toronto, ON Patients with pulmonary hypertension that progress to acute decompensation present high mortality rates. The main mechanism of death in this population is right ventricular failure. Once this scenario becomes refractory to optimized medical therapies, mechanical support is increasingly c...

Abstract Aim Pulmonary embolectomy involves the surgical removal of a thrombus from pulmonary tree, with most popular approaches being (SE), percutaneous (PPE) and minimally invasive thoracotomy (MIT). The latter two new techniques are gradually increasing in popularity treatment acute embolism (PE) due to reduced recovery times. This study aims evaluate compare clinical outcomes three aforemen...