Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is a major surgery on the blood vessels in the lungs. It involves removing a blood clot from the lung to restore blood pressure levels. PTE is also known as ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Northwell Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) in Ocean Breeze has become the first medical facility in the United States to treat acute pulmonary embolism (PE) using the ...