COVID-19-Associated Thrombotic Complication: Is It Pulmonary Embolism or In Situ Thrombosis?
Radiology Research and Practice, 2023 Objectives. Acute pulmonary embolism is a protentional fatal complication of COVID-19. The aim of this study is to investigate whether pulmonary embolism is due to thrombus migration from the venous circulation to the pulmonary arteries or due to local ...
Rashid AL Umairi +4 more
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Risk marker associations with venous thrombotic events: a cross-sectional analysis. [PDF]
, 2014 ObjectiveTo examine the interrelations among, and risk marker associations for, superficial and deep venous events-superficial venous thrombosis (SVT), deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE).DesignCross-sectional analysis.SettingSan ...
Chan, Virginia T +4 more
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Molecular Analysis of Prothrombotic Gene Variants in Venous Thrombosis: A Potential Role for Sex and Thrombotic Localization [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Requests to test for thrombophilia in the clinical context are often not evidence-based. Aim: To define the role of a series of prothrombotic gene variants in a large population of patients with different venous thromboembolic diseases ...
AMATO, FELICE +9 more
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Assessment of the prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with severe pulmonary tuberculosis
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2018 Background Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease of public health concern. Many reports pointed to the association between TB and thromboembolic diseases.
Hany Shaarawy, Enas El-Sayed Mohamed
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Surgical embolectomy for acute massive pulmonary embolism: state of the art [PDF]
, 2018 Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is a severe condition that can potentially lead to death caused by right ventricular (RV) failure and the consequent cardiogenic shock.
De Bellis, Antonio +8 more
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Pulmonary tumour embolism and lymphangitis carcinomatosa: a case report and review of the literature
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022 Background Pulmonary tumour embolism and lymphangitis carcinomatosa are complications of malignancy that may mimic the clinical presentation of pulmonary embolism. Case presentation We present the case of a 52-year-old male patient with acute-onset right
Jan Engel, Johann Auer
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Pregnancy and pulmonary embolism; a fatal challenge: literature review [PDF]
Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2021 Introduction: Pulmonary embolism, as a relatively common non-obstetrics complication, is an important cause of maternal mortality during pregnancy. Due to some physiological and hormonal changes, the risk of pulmonary embolism increases during pregnancy ...
Bahram Zarmehri, Hoda Zabihi
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Assessing malpractice lawsuits for death or injuries due to amniotic fluid embolism [PDF]
, 2017 Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a pregnancy complication known to be extremely hard to diagnose, since it manifests itself abruptly and with no warning signs, presenting an incidence rate of about 1 in 40000 deliveries, and maternal morbidity and ...
Marinelli, Enrico +2 more
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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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Amniotic fluid embolism pathophysiology suggests the new diagnostic armamentarium: β-tryptase and complement fractions C3-C4 are the indispensable working tools [PDF]
, 2015 Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is an uncommon obstetric condition involving pregnant women during labor or in the initial stages after delivery. Its incidence is estimated to be around 5.5 cases per 100,000 deliveries.
Busardo', FRANCESCO PAOLO +3 more
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