Complexity of Serpiginous Right Atrium Thrombus Management in Acute Pulmonary Embolism Patient: A Clinical Case Report. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 15, 135-141. doi: ...

A current study involving the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) has investigated which treatment strategy offers the best chances of survival in high-risk acute pulmonary embolism. The results, now ...

High-risk acute pulmonary embolism affects around 5% of all pulmonary embolisms and can take a dramatic course even in young people. Acute obstruction of the pulmonary circulation by a blood clot ...

The most common ECG finding in the setting of a pulmonary embolism is sinus tachycardia. However, the “S1Q3T3” pattern of acute cor pulmonale is classic; this is termed the McGinn-White Sign.

- We concluded that it is uncertain if sex (whether a patient is male or female) is an independent predictor of the risk of death in people with pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lungs), as our ...

When Emily Jansson boarded her flight from Toronto to Dubai on Feb. 5, she had no idea her girls’ trip would take a dangerous turn. The 33-year-old wife and mother-of-two got up to go to the bathroom ...

Jansson had collapsed and fallen on her face; she was unconscious for five minutes. “Thank goodness I wasn’t already in the ...

Purpose: Deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) are associated with major morbidity and mortality, with their burden often extending to longer-term complications such as event ...

The treatment of choice for proximal venous thrombosis is anticoagulation. In situations where anticoagulation is absolutely contraindicated or when anticoagulation has failed in the face of an ...