SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF MASSIVE AND HIGH-RISK SUBMASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISMS RESULTS IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR RECOVERY WITH LOW MORTALITY: INSIGHTS FROM THE LARGEST CASE SERIES

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and highly lethal diagnosis. Surgical management has been marginalized despite recent promising outcomes. Survival and right ventricular (RV) recovery from the largest single center experience of surgically managed acute PE is reported. Surgical