Incidence and outcomes of surgical pulmonary embolectomy in the UK.
Amerikos ArgyriouHunaid VohraJeremy ChanEltayeb Mohamed AhmedCha RajakarunaGianni Davide AngeliniDaniel Paul FuduluPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2024)
Surgical pulmonary embolectomy is rarely performed in the UK, and is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. Preoperative ventilation, cardiogenic shock, and increased duration of bypass were significant predictors of in-hospital death.