A Bahrain study shows CT scans to check for blood clots in lung blood vessels increased significantly in people with sickle ...

A subsegmental pulmonary embolism is a blood clot located ... with computed tomography pulmonary angiography, which is a type of CT scan. This test takes images of the blood between the heart ...

Learn to distinguish life-threatening heart attack signs from less serious causes of chest pain, and discover when you should ...

The GP became alert and referred him for an outpatient coronary angiography ... advised him to go to the hospital to rule out a pulmonary embolism. The friend was skeptical but went to the ...

He was found to have an acute pulmonary embolism on CT pulmonary angiography... An 84-year-old woman with a history of dementia was admitted for worsening confusion over the last two days. Her initial ...

A CT scan of the head revealed a cerebral arterial gas embolism. Because the treating hospital did ... when deemed clinically necessary and safe by bedside emergency physicians/critical care pulmonary ...

The ceiling-mounted angiography system is built to master a wide range ... venous reconstruction, as well as pulmonary embolism management. Aaron Fischman, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE, FSVM, is Professor of ...

Sickle Cell Disease is a chronic, inherited blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It is best known for ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the risk of acute internal jugular, subclavian, and axillary deep venous thrombosis (upper torso DVT [UTDVT]) and pulmonary embolism (PE) and the ...

A scientific statement regarding disparities in current pulmonary embolism management and outcomes has been published by the AHA. The American Heart Association (AHA) released a scientific ...

Blood clotting, or thrombosis, is a serious concern in the sickle cell community and can lead to complications such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and stroke. This article explores ...