Tissue plasminogen activator dose and pulmonary artery pressure reduction in catheter directed thrombolysis of submassive pulmonary embolism. [PDF]
, 2019 PURPOSE:The purpose of this study is to assess the incremental effect of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) dose on pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and bleeding during catheter directed thrombolysis (CDT) of submassive pulmonary embolism (PE). MATERIALS
Gaba, Ron C +3 more
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Comparison of Radiation Doses of Computed Tomography Brain and Pulmonary Angiography with International Commission on Radiological Protection Guidelines: A Descriptive Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchIntroduction: Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) is useful for evaluating and diagnosing conditions related to blood vessels, such as aneurysms, stenosis (narrowing of vessels), vascular malformations, and blockages.
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Computed Tomography Imaging in Aortic Dissection
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2019 Emergency physicians often rely on a “triple-rule-out” computed tomography (CT) where image acquisition is timed to obtain image quality equivalent to dedicated coronary CT angiography, pulmonary CT angiography, and thoracic aorta CT angiography.
Amanda H. Westfall, John S. Garrett
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Pulmonary embolism with comorbid acute myocardial infarction: a clinical case
Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2021 The article presents a case of pulmonary embolism with comorbid acute inferior myocardial infarction in the 54-year-old patient who was admitted to the Regional Center for Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.
E. A. Zakharyan +2 more
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Pulmonary vasospasm in systemic sclerosis: noninvasive techniques for detection [PDF]
, 2014 In a subgroup of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), vasospasm affecting the pulmonary circulation may contribute to worsening respiratory symptoms, including dyspnea.
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Comorbidities Associated with Large Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND: Abdominal aortic aneurysm has become increasingly important owing to demographic changes. Some other diseases, for example, cholecystolithiasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and hernias, seem to co-occur with abdominal aortic ...
Althoff, Christian E. +6 more
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Obstructive sleep apnea is a great threat in patients with acute pulmonary embolism
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2020 Background Patients with sleep apnea (SA) experience repeated episodes of hypoxia interspersed with intervals of reoxygenation that may have systemic implications.
Doaa M Magdy +2 more
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An unusual case of right-to-left shunt: Pulmonary artery to left atrium fistula
Heart India, 2016 We present a rare variant of pulmonary arteriovenous (AV) fistula (malformation), right pulmonary artery (RPA) to left atrium (LA) fistula, with its clinical and imaging findings with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) pulmonary angiography and ...
Kiran Ashok Kale +3 more
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The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2016 Objective: The aim of the work was directed to evaluate the value of multi-detector computed tomography pulmonary angiography study in evaluation of known patients with Behcet’s disease.
Abdel Aziz El-Nekeidy +4 more
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CT Manifestations of Pulmonary Infarction Secondary to Acute Pulmonary Embolism
CT Lilun yu yingyong yanjiu, 2022 Objective: To investigate the CT findings of pulmonary infarction (PI) secondary to acute pulmonary embolism (APE). Method: The clinical and CT data of 41 patients with PI secondary to APE were analyzed retrospectively.
Haiping ZHANG +4 more
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