Long journeys, especially by air, can silently raise your risk of blood clots. Here's what every traveller should know about ...

The most common ECG finding in the setting of a pulmonary embolism is sinus tachycardia ... T wave in lead III together indicate acute right heart strain. This pattern only occurs in about ...

The heart then pumps this oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body's tissues and organs. When a pulmonary embolism blocks ...

Back pain while breathing can also indicate a medical emergency, such as a heart attack or pulmonary embolism, particularly if the person is also experiencing shortness of breath or chest pain.

The AHA has published a scientific statement regarding disparities in current pulmonary embolism management and outcomes.

If you have heart failure, you are at an increased risk for DVT and pulmonary embolism due to limited heart and lung function. Being overweight or obese increases the pressure in the veins of your ...

These measures, however, have been directed primarily toward preventing pulmonary ... embolism. Not only are the lungs involved in the reflexes initiated by the embolism but the heart and coronary ...

A multicenter study by the PIOPED III Investigators has shown that magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) can be used to detect pulmonary embolism. The proportion of technically inadequate images ...