Embolectomy
"Embolectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical removal of an obstructing clot or foreign material which has been transported from a distant vessel by the bloodstream. Removal of a clot at its original site is called THROMBECTOMY.
| Descriptor ID |
D017128
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.100.814.445
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Embolectomy" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Embolectomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Embolectomy" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Goldberg JB, Spevack DM, Ahsan S, Rochlani Y, Ohira S, Spencer P, Kai M, Malekan R, Spielvogel D, Lansman S. Comparison of Surgical Embolectomy and Veno-arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Massive Pulmonary Embolism. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022; 34(3):934-942.
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Verma I, Chang EY, Kumar G, Sachdeva R. Catheter directed embolectomy of right atrial clot in transit-A case series. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 04 01; 97(5):869-873.
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Greenberg JW, Goff ZD, Mooser AC, Wittgen CM, Smeds MR. Acute Limb Ischemia Secondary to Patent Foramen Ovale-Mediated Paradoxical Embolism: A Case Report and Systematic Review of the Literature. Ann Vasc Surg. 2020 Jul; 66:668.e5-668.e10.