The physician’s implicit assessment is that the likelihood of pulmonary embolism is greater than 15%. The patient’s Wells score is 0 (on a scale of 0 to 12.5, with higher scores indicating a ...

Air travel is believed to be a risk factor for pulmonary embolism, but the relation between pulmonary embolism and distance flown has not been documented. The aim of this study was to investigate ...

A pulmonary embolism is a blockage of one of the pulmonary arteries. This condition is a serious medical problem and may affect up to 900,000 people in the United States each year. A pulmonary ...

Pulmonary Embolism: A blood clot breaks off from a deep vein (usually in the leg), travels into the right heart, and is pumped into the lungs. Rarely, the embolism can be a large bubble of air ...

When an artery in your lung gets blocked by a blood clot, you have a pulmonary embolism (PE). Symptoms can vary. What you experience will likely depend on the size of the clot and how much of your ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs when blood clots block arteries in the lungs. It demands close inspection and immediate medical attention ...

NO SINGLE NONINVASIVE TEST for pulmonary embolism is both sensitive and specific. Some tests are good for “ruling in” pulmonary embolism (e.g., helical CT) and some tests are good for “ruling out” ...

A subsegmental pulmonary embolism is a blood clot located on a distal, or distant and less central, branch of the pulmonary arteries. Treatment can depend on symptoms and risk factors. A ...

A pulmonary embolism occurs when one or more blood clots move from somewhere in your body to the lungs. The clot becomes lodged in a pulmonary (lung) artery and blocks the blood flow. A pulmonary ...