1. Modern surgical treatment of massive pulmonary embolism: Results in 47 consecutive patients after rapid diagnosis and aggressive surgical approach 
Marzia Leacche, MD, Daniel Unic, MD, Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD, James D. Rawn, MD, Sary F. Aranki, MD, Gregory S. Couper, MD, Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD, Robert J. Rizzo, MD, Lawrence H. Cohn, MD, Lishan Aklog, MD, John G. Byrne, MD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 129, Issue 5, Pages (May 2005)
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2. Figure 1
Contrast-enhanced CT (axial section) showing large saddle embolus in the PA (black arrows).
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3. Figure 2
Transesophageal echocardiogram revealing RV strain and bulging of the interatrial septum (arrowheads). RA, Right atrium; LA, left atrium.
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4. Figure 3
Kaplan-Meier survival curve after surgical pulmonary embolectomy (n = 47 patients, including the 3 operative deaths).
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