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Complexity of Serpiginous Right Atrium Thrombus Management in Acute Pulmonary Embolism Patient: A Clinical Case Report. World ...

Pulmonary embolism is more common in older adults, but it can sometimes affect younger people. Usually, it results from an underlying health issue. It’s important to receive a diagnosis early so ...

Pulmonary embolism occurs when an embolus breaks away from a thrombus and blocks the pulmonary artery, generating symptoms that include shortness of breath, chest pain, fainting and haemoptysis.

A multicenter study by the PIOPED III Investigators has shown that magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) can be used to detect pulmonary embolism. The proportion of technically inadequate images ...

A pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs when a blood clot (embolus) develops in a deep vein in your leg, breaks free, and travels ...

- 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 ...

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A pulmonary embolism is not necessarily a common condition during pregnancy, but pregnant people are 10 times more likely to develop it than the larger population. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT ...

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.

The company said in a statement on April 1 that the host of the popular culture news show DramaAlert died of complications from pulmonary embolism. He was 42. "He peacefully departed last night in ...