Surgical Embolectomy for Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Systematic Review and Comprehensive Meta-Analyses Rajat Kalra, MBChB, Navkaranbir S. Bajaj, MD, MPH, Pankaj Arora, MD, Garima Arora, MD, William A. Crosland, MD, David C. McGiffin, MD, Mustafa I. Ahmed, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 103, Issue 3, Pages 982-990 (March 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.11.016 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flow diagram for study selection. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 982-990DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.11.016) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Forest plot depicting inhospital mortality rates (per 100 patients) undergoing surgical pulmonary embolectomy for acute pulmonary embolism. Each black diamond is the point estimate, the line represents the 95% confidence interval (CI). The gray box represents the weight of the studies. The hollow red diamond and dashed red line represent the random effects generated overall estimate. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 982-990DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.11.016) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Meta-regression of preoperative cardiac arrest on logit inhospital mortality rate. The size of the blue circles represents the weight of the study. The red line is fitted using the method of moments. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 982-990DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.11.016) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions