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==Overview==
Surgical management of acute pulmonary embolism ([[pulmonary thrombectomy]]) is uncommon and has largely been abandoned because of poor long-term outcomes. However, recently, it has gone through a resurgence with the revision of the surgical technique and is thought to benefit selected patients.<ref>{{cite journal | author=Augustinos P, Ouriel K | title=Invasive approaches to treatment of venous thromboembolism | journal=Circulation | year=2004 | volume=110 | issue=9 Suppl 1 | pages=I27-34 | id=PMID 15339878 }}</ref>
 
Chronic pulmonary embolism leading to [[pulmonary hypertension]] (known as ''chronic thromboembolic hypertension'') is treated with a surgical procedure known as a [[pulmonary thromboendarterectomy]].
 
==Embolectomy==
Embolectomy is a process of removal of an embolus via a catheter or surgically. The procedure should be used when a high risk patient  present with persistent hypotension and thrombolysis has either failed or is contraindicated.
 
To read more about embolectomy (types, procedure), click [[Pulmonary thrombectomy|'''here''']].
 
== ACC/AHA Guidelines- Recommendations for Catheter Embolectomy and Fragmentation (DO NOT EDIT) ==
<ref name="pmid21422387">{{cite journal|author=Jaff MR, McMurtry MS, Archer SL, Cushman M, Goldenberg N, Goldhaber SZ et al.| title=Management of massive and submassive pulmonary embolism, iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis, and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. | journal=Circulation | year= 2011 | volume= 123 | issue= 16 | pages= 1788-830 |pmid=21422387 | doi=10.1161/CIR.0b013e318214914f| pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21422387 }} </ref>
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| bgcolor="LightCoral"|<nowiki>"</nowiki>'''1.'''Catheter embolectomy and surgical thrombectomy are not recommended for patients with low-risk PE or submassive acute PE with minor RV dysfunction, minor myocardial necrosis, and no clinical worsening ([[ACC AHA guidelines classification scheme#Level of Evidence|Level of Evidence: C]])<nowiki>"</nowiki>
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| bgcolor="LemonChiffon"|<nowiki>"</nowiki>'''1. '''Depending on local expertise, either catheter embolectomy and fragmentation or surgical embolectomy is reasonable for patients with massive PE and contraindications to fibrinolysis''([[ACC AHA guidelines classification scheme#Level of Evidence|Level of Evidence: C]])''. <nowiki>"</nowiki>
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<nowiki>"</nowiki>'''2. '''Catheter embolectomy and fragmentation or surgical embolectomy is reasonable for patients with massive PE who remain unstable after receiving fibrinolysis ([[ACC AHA guidelines classification scheme#Level of Evidence|Level of Evidence: C]])''.<nowiki>"</nowiki>
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<nowiki>"</nowiki>'''3. '''For patients with massive PE who cannot receive fibrinolysis or who remain unstable after fibrinolysis, it is reasonable to consider transfer to an institution experienced in either catheter embolectomy or surgical embolectomy if these procedures are not available locally and safe transfer can be achieved ([[ACC AHA guidelines classification scheme#Level of Evidence|Level of Evidence: C]])''.<nowiki>"</nowiki>
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| bgcolor="LemonChiffon"|<nowiki>"</nowiki>'''1. '''Either catheter embolectomy or surgical embolectomy may be considered for patients with submassive acute PE judged to have clinical evidence of adverse prognosis (new hemodynamic instability, worsening respiratory failure, severe RV dysfunction, or major myocardial necrosis) ([[ACC AHA guidelines classification scheme#Level of Evidence|Level of Evidence: C]])''.<nowiki>"</nowiki>
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==Inferior vena cava filter==
[[Image:Mar07 090.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Used inferior vena cava filter, presented with a British twenty pence coin for scale.]]
 
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If anticoagulant therapy is [[contraindication|contraindicated]] and/or ineffective, an [[inferior vena cava filter]] should be implanted<ref name="pmid9459643">{{cite journal |author=Decousus H, Leizorovicz A, Parent F, Page Y, Tardy B, Girard P, Laporte S, Faivre R, Charbonnier B, Barral F, Huet Y, Simonneau G |title=A clinical trial of vena caval filters in the prevention of pulmonary embolism in patients with proximal deep-vein thrombosis. Prévention du Risque d'Embolie Pulmonaire par Interruption Cave Study Group|journal=N Engl J Med |volume=338 |issue=7 |pages=409-15 |year=1998 |id=PMID 9459643}}</ref>. It provides a filter in the [[inferior vena cava]], allowing blood to pass through, while preventing large emboli from traveling from the lower extremities to the lung. IVC filters decreases PE recurrence but are not efficacious in preventing mortality<ref name="pmid16009794">{{cite journal |author=|title=Eight-year follow-up of patients with permanent vena cava filters in the prevention of pulmonary embolism: the PREPIC (Prevention du Risque d'Embolie Pulmonaire par Interruption Cave) randomized study |journal=Circulation |volume=112 |issue=3|pages=416–22 |year=2005 |month=July |pmid=16009794 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.512834|url=http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16009794 |accessdate=2011-12-13}}</ref>.
 
In a study group comprising of 400 patients with proximal deep-vein thrombosis, which were followed for 2 years, it was found that the initial beneficial effect of vena caval filters for the prevention of pulmonary embolism was counterbalanced by an excess of recurrent deep-vein thrombosis, without any difference in mortality<ref name="pmid9459643">{{cite journal |author=Decousus H, Leizorovicz A, Parent F, Page Y, Tardy B, Girard P, Laporte S, Faivre R, Charbonnier B, Barral FG, Huet Y, Simonneau G |title=A clinical trial of vena caval filters in the prevention of pulmonary embolism in patients with proximal deep-vein thrombosis. Prévention du Risque d'Embolie Pulmonaire par Interruption Cave Study Group |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=338 |issue=7|pages=409–15 |year=1998 |month=February |pmid=9459643 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199802123380701|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199802123380701 |accessdate=2011-12-13}}</ref>.
 
 
 
==References==
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[[Category:Pulmonology]]
[[Category:Cardiology]]
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