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PULMONARY EMBOLECTOMY USING NORMOTHERMIC VENOUS INFLOW OCCLUSION
Author(s) -
Nott David B.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb88135.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , embolectomy , inflow , occlusion , intensive care medicine , surgery , geography , meteorology
The surgical management of four cases of massive life‐threatening pulmonary embolism with three survivors is described. A search of the literature suggests that these are the first Australian cases managed in this fashion outside metropolitan hospitals.