%0 Journal Article
%T Case report: Re-emerging significance of surgical embolectomy in pulmonary embolism
%A Dana F. Kay
%A Jeko M. Madjarov
%J Archive of "Annals of Medicine and Surgery".
%D 2019
%R 10.1016/j.amsu.2018.11.010
%X Massive pulmonary embolus (PE) is associated with a high mortality if not treated aggressively. Treatment classically includes thrombolysis, catheter embolectomy, or open surgical embolectomy. This is the case report of a 38-year-old female presenting with massive PE three weeks status post gastric sleeve resection
%K Pulmonary embolus
%K All treatment strategies
%K Surgical embolectomy
%K Angiovac
%K (ECMO) Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6411490/