Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Key Takeaways Recovery from a pulmonary embolism can take weeks to months. Keeping ...

The small-profile device expands to capture clots like large-bore systems while offering good reduction in RV/LV ratio at 48 ...

Acute pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening condition because it places sudden strain on the right ventricle of the heart.

Pulmonary embolism is a blockage of an artery in the lungs by a blood clot, fat, air or clumped tumor cells. By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a ...

The natural history of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension has been difficult to determine because a subgroup of patients have had occult pulmonary embolism, with subtle clues to the ...

A66-year-old man consulted his family physician because of progressive dyspnea. He had a history of hypertension and dyslipidemia, but no personal or family history of cardiac or respiratory diseases.

A previously well 71-year-old woman with a history of cigarette smoking presented to the emergency department with a 6-hour history of dyspnea and pleuritic right-sided chest pain. Her oxygen ...

THROMBOSIS of the ligated stump of the pulmonary vein, with subsequent embolization to the coronary artery, is a most unusual complication of pulmonary resection. This mechanism of death after ...

Justin Riley, known as BeatKing, a Houston-based rapper and producer, reportedly passed away on August 15 at the age of 39. In an Instagram post published on the same day, his manager, Tasha Felder, ...

A 61-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with 1-week history of mild exertional dyspnea and left calf pain. Two days before admission, a general practitioner recommended enoxaparin ...

Cindyana Santangelo had an embolism after receiving injections of silicone oil into her buttocks by Libby Adame, the second ...