Role of surgical embolectomy in the management of acute massive and submassive pulmonary embolism in the setting of a small island developing state

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a life-threatening condition despite advances in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Treatment modalities include systemic thrombolysis, catheter-based therapies and surgical embolectomy. This case report describes the first recorded surgical embolectomy for...

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Autores principales: Forter-Chee-A-Tow, Ninon, Smith, Alan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10432080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37593185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjad468
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description Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a life-threatening condition despite advances in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Treatment modalities include systemic thrombolysis, catheter-based therapies and surgical embolectomy. This case report describes the first recorded surgical embolectomy for acute PE in Barbados, a small island developing state.
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spelling pubmed-104320802023-08-17 Role of surgical embolectomy in the management of acute massive and submassive pulmonary embolism in the setting of a small island developing state Forter-Chee-A-Tow, Ninon Smith, Alan J Surg Case Rep Case Report Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a life-threatening condition despite advances in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Treatment modalities include systemic thrombolysis, catheter-based therapies and surgical embolectomy. This case report describes the first recorded surgical embolectomy for acute PE in Barbados, a small island developing state. Oxford University Press 2023-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10432080/ /pubmed/37593185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjad468 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. © The Author(s) 2023. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Role of surgical embolectomy in the management of acute massive and submassive pulmonary embolism in the setting of a small island developing state
title Role of surgical embolectomy in the management of acute massive and submassive pulmonary embolism in the setting of a small island developing state
title_full Role of surgical embolectomy in the management of acute massive and submassive pulmonary embolism in the setting of a small island developing state
title_fullStr Role of surgical embolectomy in the management of acute massive and submassive pulmonary embolism in the setting of a small island developing state
title_full_unstemmed Role of surgical embolectomy in the management of acute massive and submassive pulmonary embolism in the setting of a small island developing state
title_short Role of surgical embolectomy in the management of acute massive and submassive pulmonary embolism in the setting of a small island developing state
title_sort role of surgical embolectomy in the management of acute massive and submassive pulmonary embolism in the setting of a small island developing state
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