Successful Surgical Embolectomy for a Rapidly Deteriorating Patient with Pulmonary Embolism and Hemorrhagic Stroke.

PE is the primary cause of around 300,000 deaths per year in the United States alone.[ 2 ] Over the years, there has been an obvious trend of reduction in PE case fatality rate partially related to early detection and improved management pathways and potentially also influenced by over diagnosis of small, sub segmental, and incidental PE.[ 3 ] The systematic management approach in PE mainly depends on rapid diagnosis, risk stratification, and initiation of proper treatment pathway based on the risk of PE and patient's comorbidity.

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