Forter-Chee-A-Tow Ninon, Smith Alan
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, St Michael, Barbados.
University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, St Michael, Barbados.
J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Aug 16;2023(8):rjad468. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjad468. eCollection 2023 Aug.
Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a life-threatening condition despite advances in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Treatment modalities include systemic thrombolysis, catheter-based therapies and surgical embolectomy. This case report describes the first recorded surgical embolectomy for acute PE in Barbados, a small island developing state.
尽管在诊断和治疗方式上取得了进展,但急性肺栓塞(PE)仍然是一种危及生命的疾病。治疗方式包括全身溶栓、基于导管的治疗和外科血栓切除术。本病例报告描述了在一个发展中小岛国巴巴多斯首次记录的急性PE外科血栓切除术。