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Descriptor English: Embolectomy
Descriptor Spanish: Embolectomía
Descriptor embolectomía
Scope note: Exéresis quirúrgica de un coágulo obstructivo o material extraño que ha sido transportado desde un vaso distante por el torrente sanguíneo. La escisión de un coágulo en su sitio original se denomina TROMBECTOMIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Embolectomia
Descriptor French: Embolectomie
Entry term(s): Embolectomies
Tree number(s): E04.100.814.445
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017128
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: specific embolism/surgery (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
Related: Thrombectomy MeSH
DeCS ID: 30742
Unique ID: D017128
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/08
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Embolectomy - Preferred
Concept UI M0026022
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Embolectomy
Entry term(s) Embolectomies



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