Every year, 900,000 Americans are caught by surprise by the symptoms of a pulmonary embolism: a sudden shortness of breath, chest pain and a rapid heartbeat.

is considered the first-choice diagnostic imaging technique when a pulmonary embolism is suspected. PCTA is an X-ray in which contrast materials are used to capture images of your pulmonary ...

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.

Dr Marco Zuin shares key guideline recommendations for managing pulmonary embolism according to international standards.

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 ...

High-risk acute pulmonary embolism affects around 5% of all pulmonary embolisms and can take a dramatic course even in young ...

The curriculum consists of 12 months of interventional radiology rotations over three years at a ... The IR team at MD Anderson are the leaders of the pulmonary embolism response team, and perform a ...

These include situations where a pulmonary embolism has already occurred and another one would be poorly tolerated or situations where bleeding risk is high. Inferior vena cava filters are often ...

In pulmonary embolism, systemic anticoagulation is the ... medicine (37.0%), interventional cardiology and interventional radiology (8.7%). Participants were invited to a 30-minute interview ...

A parallel communication regarding these factors in dogs with experimentally produced pulmonary embolism will be reported elsewhere. 6 All 11 patients in this study were treated on the medical or ...

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 ...