A more aggressive approach to emergency embolectomy for acute pulmonary embolism

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 785-790

  Sareyyupoglu, Basar ^a,b   Greason, Kevin L ^a   Suri, Rakesh M ^a   Keegan, Mark T ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a   Sundt III, Thoralf M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY; HEART ARREST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 77956388380     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0250     Document Type: Article

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