Backround A 40-year-old woman presented with dyspnea in the fifth month of pregnancy followed by a sudden onset of pleuritic chest pain 2 weeks postpartum. She was diagnosed as having pulmonary ...

A new study suggests that computed tomography (CT) angiography might be unnecessary in many patients suspected of having pulmonary embolism (PE), based on the results of risk assessment analysis. PE ...

—Based on their findings, these investigators believe that the benefits of computed tomography pulmonary angiogram for detection of a suspected pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients with chronic ...

Patients with thromboembolic disease may remain asymptomatic for months or years. The pathophysiological events in the progression of pulmonary hypertension during this period have not been well ...

June 15, 2010 — Computed tomography (CT) angiography may not be needed to rule out suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients who have no risk factors, according to the results of a study reported ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 67-year-old woman with an extensive history of smoking initially presented complaining of a persistent cough.

A previously well 71-year-old woman with a history of cigarette smoking presented to the emergency department with a 6-hour history of dyspnea and pleuritic right-sided chest pain. Her oxygen ...

Researchers now say an indirect CT venography ( CTV ) could identify blood clots in the legs that have the potential to break free, travel to the lung, and block an artery a life-threatening condition ...

Young women at risk of having a pulmonary embolism -- a potential life-threatening blockage in a lung artery -- should first undergo a ventilation/perfusion lung scan rather than a CT angiogram, ...