The proportion of patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) discharged home from the emergency department (ED) did not change significantly over a recent 9-year period, highlighting that outpatient ...

RESCUE for PE. RESCUE enrolled 109 intermediate-risk acute PE patients (mean age 57 years; 61.5% male) from 18 centers in the United States. The vast majority of patients (n = 103) had bilateral PE.

A new analysis in Respiratory Medicine found that about one in eight patients with acute pulmonary embolism also have atrial fibrillation, which was associated with increased short- and long-term ...

Tricuspid annulus plane systolic excursion appears to be an independent predictor of pulmonary embolism-related death or thrombolysis in normotensive patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

The group had previously reported a steady climb in the proportion of U.S. patients with acute PE initially treated with UFH, increasing from 41.9% in 2011 to 56.3% in 2020.

Management Dilemmas in Acute Pulmonary Embolism Condliffe R, Elliot CA, Hughes RJ, et al Thorax. 2014;69:174-180 ...

The researchers found that 6,838 patients (2%) underwent CT testing, with 686 (10%) yielding positive for acute PE during the six-year study period. Data showed quarterly CT pulmonary angiography ...

Among nearly 800 patients with acute PE whose data are recorded in the FlowTriever All-Comer Registry for Patient Safety and Hemodynamics (FLASH), a prospective multicenter registry of individuals ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and potentially life threatening condition that doctors categorize as acute, subacute, or chronic. Deep vein thrombosis can increase a person’s risk of any ...