Saddle pulmonary embolism: right ventricular strain an indicator for early surgical approach

Current mainstay treatment for pulmonary embolism (PE) includes oral anticoagulation, thrombolytic therapy, catheter embolectomy and acute surgical embolectomy. Surgical embolectomy is reserved for hemodynamically unstable patients (cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest) and contraindication to thrombol...

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Published in:Oxf Med Case Reports
Main Authors: Namana, Vinod, Siddiqui, Sabah, Balasubramanian, Ram, Sarasam, Rajeswer, Shetty, Vijay
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4887829/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27274856
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omw045
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