Pulmonary embolism in hospital practice: Certain crucial procedures were omitted

[...]Robinson makes no mention of life saving surgical embolectomy or percutaneous fragmentation procedures, which have a key role in a gravely ill patients with massive pulmonary embolism. 2 5 Modern management of patients with pulmonary embolism demands three investigations: an immediate troponin measurement, computed tomographic pulmonary angiography, and definition of involvement of the right ventricle by computed tomography or echocardiography.