The urgent pulmonary embolectomy: Mechanical resuscitation in the operating theatre determines the outcome

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-8

  Ullmann, M ^a,b   Hemmer, W ^a   Hannekum, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beating heart surgery; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Pulmonary embolectomy; Pulmonary embolism; Vena caval filter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBOLECTOMY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032894971     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013099     Document Type: Article

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