Management of acute massive pulmonary embolism: Is surgical embolectomy inferior to thrombolysis?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2016, Pages 579-583

  Cho, Yang Hyun ^a   Sung, Kiick ^a   Kim, Wook Sung ^a   Jeong, Dong Seop ^a   Lee, Young Tak ^a   Park, Pyo Won ^a   Kim, Duk Kyung ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fibrinolysis; Pulmonary embolism; Shock; Surgical embolectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIAC DEATH FREE SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL THROMBECTOMY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMBOLECTOMY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84952909440     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.223     Document Type: Article

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