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

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 ...

He said he found there was a 'delay of five days' between the request for the CT pulmonary angiogram on May 15 to exclude the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. It was carried out on May 20 ...

patients assessed for pulmonary embolism at the emergency department of a university hospital for a 6-month period were included. Demographic data, symptoms, vital signs, laboratory data, chest X-ray ...

Despite the global adoption of ventilation–perfusion SPECT as the standard for pulmonary embolism diagnosis ... when CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) gained prominence (3). CTPA’s 3-dimensional imaging ...

which is in contrast to the findings in acute pulmonary embolism where CTPA typically shows central filling defects in one or more pulmonary arterial vessels. This is a very important distinction.

Many studies have been published on SPECT V/Q for pulmonary embolism (PE) diagnosis but the performance ... CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is currently the predominantly used imaging test for PE. The ...

Emergency Medicine Research Group, Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK Correspondence to: Dr K Hogg Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, ...

Acute pulmonary embolism is rare during childhood and adolescence. The high pulmonary embolism-related fatality among ...

Key barriers in adhering to anticoagulation guidelines included uncertainty about its choice, established practices, and the ...

Outpatient management of patients with cancer-associated pulmonary embolism (PE) may be a feasible, safe approach with low short-term rates of recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE), major bleeding, ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Mechanical thrombectomy is effective and safe for treating pulmonary embolism (PE).