Samuel Z Goldhaber, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Venous Thromboembolism Research Group
Co-Director, Anticoagulation Management Service
Cardiovascular Division
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
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View all posts »Breathing life into surgical pulmonary embolectomy
Feb 1, 2013 09:15 EST-
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Open surgical pulmonary embolectomy was almost discarded 20 years ago, but when performed quickly—as opposed to the old "watch-and-wait" approach—in the right patients, the operation is appropriate and has high success rates. Learn more from the case of a 60-year-old patient with massive pulmonary embolism following a hernia repair.
See also:
Goldhaber SZ. Surgical pulmonary embolectomy. Tex Heart Inst J 2013; in press.
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