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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...