Percutaneous Thrombectomy for the Treatment of Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism: Two Case Reports

Kinley Sangay Dorji, Sorracha Rookkapan, Wiwatana Tanomkiat, Keerati Hongsakul

Abstract

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third commonest cause of death in hospitalized patients after myocardial infarction and stroke. Surgical thrombectomy is a standard option in cases of a clinical massive PE with hemodynamic instability and in patients in whom systemic thrombolysis is contra-indicated. Percutaneous thrombectomy is a new minimally invasive alternative treatment for clinical massive PE, and it has a high efficacy, with fewer complications. We report two patients with acute massive PE that were treated successfully using the endovascular technique with suction thrombectomy.

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endovascular treatment; massive pulmonary embolism; thrombectomy

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31584/jhsmr.2020777

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