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Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma in the pediatric patient: Review of literature and a case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2020
Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma (PAS) is extremely rare in children. Nevertheless, distinguishing primary PAS from pulmonary embolism is critical to a child's survival.
Yong Yean Kim, MD, PhD, Tung Thanh Wynn, MD, John David Reith, MD, William B. Slayton, MD, Joanne Lagmay, MD, John Fort, MD, Dhanashree Abhijit Rajderkar, MD   +6 more
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Risk factors for pulmonary cement embolism after percutaneous vertebroplasty and radiofrequency ablation for spinal metastases

Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
ObjectivePulmonary cement embolism is a rare but underestimated complication of vertebroplasty due to the relative lack of study and examination. This study aims to investigate the incidence of pulmonary cement embolism in patients with spinal metastasis
Luqiang Wang, Ming Lu, Xinxin Zhang, Zhenguo Zhao, Xiaoyang Li, Ting Liu, Libin Xu, Shengji Yu   +7 more
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Management of pulmonary embolism

, 2022
Pulmonary embolism is a serious medical condition that can lead to death. Pulmonary embolism is blockage of the pulmonary artery by emboli. Dyspnea, chest pain, cough and hemoptysis are the main clinical symptoms and signs of pulmonary embolism.
Kim, Woosung
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Prospective cardiopulmonary screening program to detect chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in patients after acute pulmonary embolism

Haematologica, 2010
Background Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary embolism is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Understanding the incidence of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary embolism is important for ...
Frederikus A. Klok, Klaas W. van Kralingen, Arie P.J. van Dijk, Fenna H. Heyning, Hubert W. Vliegen, Menno V. Huisman   +5 more
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Clinical and imaging outcomes after intermediate- or high-risk pulmonary embolus

Pulmonary Circulation, 2020
Long-term outcomes after acute pulmonary embolism vary from complete resolution to chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Guidelines after acute pulmonary embolism are generally limited to anticoagulation duration.
Daniel Lachant, Christina Bach, Bennett Wilson, Vaseem Chengazi, Bruce Goldman, Neil Lachant, Anthony Pietropaoli, Scott Cameron, R. James White   +8 more
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Pulmonary embolism and acute pancreatitis: Case series and review

The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2014
Reports of pulmonary embolism in the setting of acute pancreatitis are rare. We present three cases of acute pancreatitis associated with pulmonary embolism and review the literature. Two of the three patients had severe acute pancreatitis with bilateral
Robert Deiss, Phillip Young, James Yeh, Sofiya Reicher   +3 more
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Comparison of the D-dimer concentration in pregnant women with or without pulmonary thromboembolism

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Introduction and Objectives: Pulmonary thromboembolism is the third most common vascular disease after coronary heart disease and stroke and is approximately 10 times more common in pregnant women compared with the nonpregnant population at the same age.
Seyed H Borsi, Maryam H Shoushtari, Mehrdad D MalAmir, Kambiz A Angali, Maryam S Mavalizadeh   +4 more
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D-dimer levels and acute pulmonary embolism development in COVID-19 patients

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences, 2021
Objective. To identify those who develop pulmonary embolism with Ddimer levels by evaluating pulmonary CT angiographies of patients who are followed up with suspicion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods.
Vural Ahmet, Kahraman Ahmet Nedim
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Acute infections and venous thromboembolism. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Data on the association between acute infections and venous thromboembolism (VTE) are sparse. We examined whether various hospital-diagnosed infections or infections treated in the community increase the risk of VTE.
Horvath-Puho, E, R. W. Thomsen, H. T. Sørensen, Sørensen, HT, Thomsen, RW, Smeeth, L, E. Horvath‐Puho, L. Smeeth, Schmidt, M, M. Schmidt   +9 more
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Hydrogel platforms for 3D cardiac tissue engineering and fibrotic disease modelling

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Hydrogel‐based cardiac tissue models are advancing our understanding of heart health and disease. By incorporating electrical conductivity, aligned structures, and tunable mechanical properties, these platforms better replicate the complex environment of native heart tissue.
Harrison Porritt, Annika Winbo, Jenny Malmström   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source