Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and surgical embolectomy for high-risk pulmonary embolism.

Competing Interests: Conflict of interest: F. Ius has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M.M. Hoeper reports personal fees from Actelion, Bayer, GSK and Merck (lectures and consultations), outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: C. Fegbeutel has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: C. Kühn has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: K. Olsson reports personal fees from Actelion (lectures), outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: N. Koigeldiyev has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: I. Tudorache has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G. Warnecke has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J. Optenhöfel has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J.O. Puntigam has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Schäfer has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: B.C. Meyer has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J.B. Hinrichs has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J. Bauersachs has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Haverich has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Cebotari has nothing to disclose.