Minimally invasive off-pump pulmonary embolectomy

Hutan Ashrafian; Pankaj Kumar; Thanos Athanasiou; Rex D Stanbridge

doi:10.1016/S0967-2109(03)00132-7

Minimally invasive off-pump pulmonary embolectomy

Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Dec;11(6):471-3. doi: 10.1016/S0967-2109(03)00132-7.

Authors

Hutan Ashrafian¹, Pankaj Kumar, Thanos Athanasiou, Rex D Stanbridge

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 14627969
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-2109(03)00132-7

Abstract

We report the case of a 35-year-old female with acute massive right pulmonary embolism, successfully treated by a minimally invasive off-pump pulmonary embolectomy-the first case in the literature implemented via the J-ministernotomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Embolectomy / methods*
Female
Humans
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods*
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / surgery*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed