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Summary cont’d<br />
In a nonrandomized <strong>com</strong>parison of surgical and medical treatment<br />
in hemodynamically <strong>com</strong>promised patients with massive PE, the<br />
medical group had an increased mortality rate, increased number<br />
of hemorrhagic events and a higher incidence of recurrent PE.<br />
Gulba DC, Schmid C, Borst HG, Lichtlen P, Dietz R, Luft FC. Medical <strong>com</strong>pared with Surgical Treatment for<br />
Massive Pulmonary Embolism. Lancet. 1994:343:576-577.<br />
Currently our practice uses only the “tepid” CPB approach when<br />
we treat Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism.
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