Table 3:

Survey of surgical pulmonary embolectomy results

YearAuthorNo. of patientsIn-hospital mortality
OverallPatients with preoperative arrest
1968Cooley and Beall [60]1155% (6)100% (3/3)
1972Clarke and Abrams [61]2650% (13)100% (5/5)
1991Meyer et al. [62]9638% (36)58% (14/24)
1994Stulz et al. [27]5046% (23)61% (19/31)
1994Gulba et al. [55]1323% (3)Not reported
2002Aklog et al. [58]2910% (3)100% (1/1)
2004Yalamanchili [63]138% (1)50% (1/2)
2005Sukhija et al. [18]1811% (2)Not reported
2005Leacche et al. [38]476% (3)33% (2/6)
2006Spagnolo et al. [42]a210% (0)0% (0/2)
2008Kadner et al. [39]258% (2)25% (2/8)
2010Carvalho et al. [56]1643% (7)85% (6/7)
2010Vohra et al. [43]2119% (4)Not reported
2011Fukuda et al. [64]195% (1)0% (0/4)
2011Zarrabi et al. [37]a307% (2)33% (1/3)
YearAuthorNo. of patientsIn-hospital mortality
OverallPatients with preoperative arrest
1968Cooley and Beall [60]1155% (6)100% (3/3)
1972Clarke and Abrams [61]2650% (13)100% (5/5)
1991Meyer et al. [62]9638% (36)58% (14/24)
1994Stulz et al. [27]5046% (23)61% (19/31)
1994Gulba et al. [55]1323% (3)Not reported
2002Aklog et al. [58]2910% (3)100% (1/1)
2004Yalamanchili [63]138% (1)50% (1/2)
2005Sukhija et al. [18]1811% (2)Not reported
2005Leacche et al. [38]476% (3)33% (2/6)
2006Spagnolo et al. [42]a210% (0)0% (0/2)
2008Kadner et al. [39]258% (2)25% (2/8)
2010Carvalho et al. [56]1643% (7)85% (6/7)
2010Vohra et al. [43]2119% (4)Not reported
2011Fukuda et al. [64]195% (1)0% (0/4)
2011Zarrabi et al. [37]a307% (2)33% (1/3)

aRetrograde pulmonary perfusion used in addition to the standard antegrade technique.

Table 3:

Survey of surgical pulmonary embolectomy results

YearAuthorNo. of patientsIn-hospital mortality
OverallPatients with preoperative arrest
1968Cooley and Beall [60]1155% (6)100% (3/3)
1972Clarke and Abrams [61]2650% (13)100% (5/5)
1991Meyer et al. [62]9638% (36)58% (14/24)
1994Stulz et al. [27]5046% (23)61% (19/31)
1994Gulba et al. [55]1323% (3)Not reported
2002Aklog et al. [58]2910% (3)100% (1/1)
2004Yalamanchili [63]138% (1)50% (1/2)
2005Sukhija et al. [18]1811% (2)Not reported
2005Leacche et al. [38]476% (3)33% (2/6)
2006Spagnolo et al. [42]a210% (0)0% (0/2)
2008Kadner et al. [39]258% (2)25% (2/8)
2010Carvalho et al. [56]1643% (7)85% (6/7)
2010Vohra et al. [43]2119% (4)Not reported
2011Fukuda et al. [64]195% (1)0% (0/4)
2011Zarrabi et al. [37]a307% (2)33% (1/3)
YearAuthorNo. of patientsIn-hospital mortality
OverallPatients with preoperative arrest
1968Cooley and Beall [60]1155% (6)100% (3/3)
1972Clarke and Abrams [61]2650% (13)100% (5/5)
1991Meyer et al. [62]9638% (36)58% (14/24)
1994Stulz et al. [27]5046% (23)61% (19/31)
1994Gulba et al. [55]1323% (3)Not reported
2002Aklog et al. [58]2910% (3)100% (1/1)
2004Yalamanchili [63]138% (1)50% (1/2)
2005Sukhija et al. [18]1811% (2)Not reported
2005Leacche et al. [38]476% (3)33% (2/6)
2006Spagnolo et al. [42]a210% (0)0% (0/2)
2008Kadner et al. [39]258% (2)25% (2/8)
2010Carvalho et al. [56]1643% (7)85% (6/7)
2010Vohra et al. [43]2119% (4)Not reported
2011Fukuda et al. [64]195% (1)0% (0/4)
2011Zarrabi et al. [37]a307% (2)33% (1/3)

aRetrograde pulmonary perfusion used in addition to the standard antegrade technique.

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