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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 ...

Popliteal artery aneurysms (PAAs) are the most frequent peripheral aneurysm with a significant morbidity if left untreated. Open surgical technique is still considered the gold standard ...

Research into the “gut–lung” axis links gut microbiota to pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). However, the mechanisms by which gut microbiota influence PAH remain unclear. We aimed to investigate the ...

Stroke damage is sometimes permanent. An aneurysm is a bulge in the wall of an artery. It can occur when hypertension causes weak areas in the arteries. An aneurysm can rupture and bleed, which can be ...

which can be measured by measuring the pulse wave velocity in the pulmonary artery using cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Preterm-born young adults with bronchopulmonary dysplasia show increased ...

This is surgery to replace the aortic valve and part of the aorta. Your child's own pulmonary valve and part of the pulmonary artery are used to replace the damaged aortic valve. A pulmonary valve and ...

Peripheral aneurysms and artery disorders: These conditions—including fibromuscular dysplasia and vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS)—vary in their frequency and outcomes between men and women.

Background: The murine model of cerebral aneurysm (CA) serves as a prevalent tool for investigating ... pharmacologically induced hypertension through ligation of the left renal artery and the right ...

His wife, 65, likely died about a week before him of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare disease often spread by rodents in the Southwest. She was last known alive on Feb. 11, investigators said.

Betsy Arakawa, a classical pianist and Gene Hackman's wife, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare virus transmitted by rodents. The disease can cause serious lung damage and has a high ...

Abstract: The pulmonary artery (PA) is a multi-level vascular system composed of the main pulmonary artery (mPA) and the branch pulmonary arteries (bPA). Accurate segmentation of the PA is of ...