Coronary artery computed tomography (CT) angiography (CTA ... risk if they had chest pain, a normal baseline EKG and no clinical suspicion of alternative diagnoses such as pulmonary embolism ...
Survivors of acute pulmonary embolism can develop long-term pulmonary hypertension. So any patient with a history of acute pulmonary embolism should undergo an annual echocardiogram to check the ...
PULMONARY bone-marrow embolism as a complication of closed-chest cardiac massage has rarely been reported. 1,2 This complication, however, has frequently been observed in routine autopsies of ...
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 pulmonary embolism (PE ... off and moving through the bloodstream to the lungs. A chest computed tomography angiography (CTA)—a special X-ray imaging test that uses contrast dye to look ...
One of the key highlights was the discussion of Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams (PERT), addressing controversies in PE management and focusing on personalized, patient-centered care. The CHEST ...