Clinical outcomes of acute pulmonary embolectomy as the first-line treatment for massive and submassive pulmonary embolism: a single-centre study in China

Abstract

SPE presented with a low mortality rate when rendered as a first-line treatment in selected massive and submassive acute PE patients. Favorable outcomes of right ventricle function were also observed in the follow-ups. SPE should play the same role as ST in algorithmic acute PE treatment.