Patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) often undergo computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) to confirm or exclude the diagnosis. However, CTPA exposes them to radiation, the risk of ...

HOLLYWOOD, FL—Management of pulmonary embolism (PE) continues to rely more on common sense and less on firm evidence, but one expert hopes to address the evidence gap with the help of a ...

For emergency department patients with suspected PE, the strategy wasn't inferior for thromboembolic events compared with a conventional diagnostic strategy of subjective estimation of pretest ...

Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine Among adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

PARIS — Updated acute pulmonary embolism (PE) guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) do not take a radical turn away from the previous 2014 iteration but focus instead on providing ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is caused by emboli, which have originated from venous thrombi, travelling to and occluding the arteries of the lung. PE is the most dangerous form of venous thromboembolism, ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Using a diagnostic algorithm, pulmonary embolism was ...