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| {{Pulmonary embolism}}
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| '''Associate Editors-in-Chief:''' [[User:Ujjwal Rastogi|Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS]] [mailto:urastogi@perfuse.org]
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| ==Overview==
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| 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>
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| Chronic pulmonary embolism leading to [[pulmonary hypertension]] (known as ''chronic thromboembolic hypertension'') is treated with a surgical procedure known as a [[pulmonary thromboendarterectomy]].
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Hematology]]
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| [[Category:Pulmonology]]
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| [[Category:Cardiology]]
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| [[Category:Emergency medicine]]
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