Inquest hears Derek O’Neill did not receive prescribed anticoagulants for blood clots which ultimately led to his death ...

Despite the global adoption of ventilation–perfusion SPECT as the standard for pulmonary embolism diagnosis, its use in the United States remains limited ... when CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) ...

Background Physicians treating acute pulmonary embolism (PE) are faced with difficult management decisions while specific guidance from recent guidelines may be absent. Methods Fourteen clinical ...

Objectives The psychological effects of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) have scarcely been studied ... All patients alive at the beginning of March 2012, and with a PE diagnosis confirmed by CT ...

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension occurs in a proportion of patients with prior acute pulmonary embolism and is characterised by breathlessness, persistently raised pulmonary pressures and ...

Correspondence to Ruth E Barker, National Heart and Lung Institiute, Imperial College London, London, UK; r.barker18{at}imperial.ac.uk Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) following hospitalisations for ...

4 Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Objective We aimed to compare cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) with standard radiofrequency ...

and bedside echocardiography is suggested in hemodynamically unstable patients if CTPA is not feasible. After a definitive diagnosis is made, validated risk stratification tools (mostly the pulmonary ...

You may be given bronchodilator medication to increase airflow to your lungs. Your doctor may recommend pulmonary rehabilitation, a program designed to increase your awareness about your condition.

Few things change from day to day in Connecticut, but over the years, those little changes add up, and the “land of steady habits” is a different place than it was a decade ago. Hartford’s ...

Learn More Causes and Risk Factors of COPD How is COPD diagnosed? If a patient has symptoms suggestive of COPD (e.g., persistent or worsening shortness of breath), the diagnosis can be confirmed with ...

Recent ESC recommends in suspected high-risk PE, as indicated by the presence of haemodynamic instability, bedside echocardiography or emergency CTPA (depending on availability and clinical ...