Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy

Abstract

Pulmonary embolism (PE) affects 0.5-1 per 1000 people in the general population each year, and is one of the most common preventable causes of death among hospitalized patients. Unfortunately the diagnosis is missed more often than it is made, because PE often causes only vague and nonspecific symptoms. The clinical diagnosis of PE is unreliable and must be confirmed objectively with ventilation perfusion scanning or CT-angiography. Cardiogenic shock or systolic hypotension (BP