Results of 3 Year's Experience in Pulmonary Embolectomy: A Single-Center Experience

Pulmonary embolism is associated with high mortality rates despite improvements in its management. The aim of the present study was to analyze the outcome of 20 patients who underwent surgical pulmonary embolectomy in our institution.
The medical records of all patients undergoing pulmonary embolectomy during a 3-year period at our institution were studied for demographic and preoperative data as well as hospital mortality.
Twenty patients underwent pulmonary embolectomy. The patients were aged between 35 and 76 years old. Fourteen (70%) patients were male. The most common risk factor in these patients was a history of major surgery (55%). The hospital mortality rate was 25%.
Pulmonary embolectomy can be considered an effective approach in patients with pulmonary embolism and carries low mortality and morbidity. (Iranian Heart Journal 2017; 18(1):16-19)