pulmonary embolism

A condition in which an embolus (blood clot, formed in a vein) breaks off and blocks a pulmonary artery which supplies blood to the lungs. It can result in pain, breathlessness, and sudden death.

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pulmonary embolism - blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot

embolism - occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)

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Lungenembolie

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The researchers found that early placement of a vena cava filter did not result in a significantly lower incidence of symptomatic pulmonary embolism or death versus no filter placement (13.9 versus 14.4 percent; hazard ratio, 0.99; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.51 to 1.94; P = 0.98).

PE, Death Not Reduced With Early Vena Cava Filter Placement; Findings seen in severely injured patients with a contraindication to prophylactic anticoagulation

Society of Interventional Radiology position statement on catheter-directed therapy for acute pulmonary embolism. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2018; 29:293-297.

Value of follow-up angiography: additional interventions in patients undergoing catheter-directed thrombolysis for massive and submassive pulmonary embolism

The largest of these studies is the Pulmonary Embolism Thrombolysis Study.

Update on Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism

A: Based on a prospective, multicenter, cohort study of 3616 patients with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism. (1)

A better approach to the diagnosis of PE: A simple diagnostic algorithm is all that's needed to safely and effectively reduce our reliance on CT pulmonary angiography to diagnose PE

The International Cooperative Pulmonary Embolism Registry investigators announced the mortality rate as 11.4% at 2 weeks of thrombolytic treatment (20).

Safety and Effectiveness of Thrombolytic Therapy Compared with Standard Anticoagulation in Subjects with Submassive Pulmonary Embolism

With the adapted algorithm, there was only one deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and no pulmonary embolism (PE) in follow-up among those women, according to the investigators, including senior author Menno V.

Algorithm ruled out PE, averted radiation exposure

In this case report, a successful outcome was obtained using alteplase treatment administered to an elderly female patient in the medium risk group with a high pulmonary embolism severity index score diagnosed with PE and peripheral arterial emboli.

SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND ASSOCIATED UPPER EXTREMITY ARTERY THROMBOSIS USING INTRAVENOUS ALTEPLASE: A CASE REPORT

(5) In 2004, the Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria ("PERC Rule") was published to help rule out the diagnosis of PE in patients in whom PE is possible but clinical suspicion is very low.

Assessing Differences in Utilization of the Wells' Score and Revised Geneva Score for Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a relatively common cardiovascular emergency occurring in 60 to 112 of every 100,000 individuals1.

EFFICACY OF TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR, HEPARIN AND STREPTOKINASE IN PATIENTS WITH SUB MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN A TERTIARY CARE CARDIAC HOSPITAL: A CASE SERIES

The study was conducted by University of Nairobi's Prof Julius Ogeng'o, who analysed records of pulmonary embolism patients at KNH between January 2005 and December 2009.

Lack of awareness on blood clots worries medics

Methodology: This was a retrospective cross sectional study carried out in Department of Radiology, Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar from December 2012 to October 2017 on 437 patients with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism (PE).

ROLE OF MULTIPLANAR REFORMATIONS IN DIAGNOSING PERIPHERAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM ON MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY