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2/2021
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Hybrid treatment of massive pulmonary embolism by catheter-directed and surgical embolectomy
- 1st Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medicover Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Pulmonary Circulation, Thromboembolic Diseases and Cardiology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, European Health Centre Otwock, Poland
Adv Interv Cardiol 2021; 17, 2 (64): 236–238
Online publish date: 2021/07/09
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening disease, responsible for up to 300 000 deaths annually in the US, ranking among the leading causes of cardiovascular mortality [1]. Systemic thrombolytic therapy is recommended for patients with high-risk PE [2]. Yet, thrombolysis is contraindicated or has failed in numerous patients. Surgical or percutaneous catheter-directed therapies are alternative treatment options. We present a case of massive pulmonary embolism in a patient with high-risk PE, visualized during pulmonary angiography and extracted en bloc by surgical embolectomy.
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