Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially life-threatening ... abnormal blood clot formation (like acute leukemia and certain types of brain cancer). In some cases, lifelong anticoagulants (blood ...

The AHA has published a scientific statement regarding disparities in current pulmonary embolism management and outcomes.

Pulmonary embolism was a common outcome in many studies ... to anticoagulation were excluded. Four different types of permanent IVC filters were used (titanium Greenfield, Vena Tech LGM, Cardial ...

A pulmonary embolism is not necessarily a common condition during pregnancy, but pregnant people are 10 times more likely to develop it than the larger population. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT ...

The most common ECG finding in the setting of a pulmonary embolism is sinus tachycardia. However, the “S1Q3T3” pattern of acute cor pulmonale is classic; this is termed the McGinn-White Sign.

A new study investigating D-dimer testing in patients who are at higher risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) has been published in the February issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), the peer-reviewed ...