1. 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 (March 2017)
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2. Fig 1 Flow diagram for study selection.
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3. 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.
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4. 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.
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