The family of 31-year-old Holly Samantha Taylor, who died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism, is urging the UK government to introduce mandatory blood clot warnings on the external packaging of ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition that often goes unnoticed—until it strikes. Highlighted by tennis ...

Massive Pulmonary Embolism in Man Of the first 100 lung scans performed in man 5 patients were proved by autopsy to have had massive pulmonary embolism.

Pulmonary embolism may also be detected by the onset of symptoms of deep vein thrombosis, including pain in the affected leg that happens particularly while walking or standing, swelling in the ...

A pulmonary embolism or blood clot on the lungs is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that up to 100,000 people die each ...

Pulmonary embolism was ruled out as the cause of syncope in 330 of the 560 patients on the basis of the diagnostic algorithm. Of the remaining 230 patients, 58.7% had a positive D-dimer assay, 1.3% ...

"Without blood transfusions I wouldn't be here today. The left side of my body was filled with clots. Having the right blood ready and waiting gave me a second chance at life," Mr Allick said.

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Acute Pulmonary Embolism and COVID-19. Radiology, 2020; 201955 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2020201955 ...

Couturaud F, Bertoletti L, Pastre J, et al. Prevalence of pulmonary embolism among patients with COPD hospitalized with acutely worsening respiratory symptoms. JAMA. 2021;325 (1):59-68. doi:10. ...

During the four-year period from July 1, 1964, to July 1, 1968, angiographic and hemodynamic studies were performed in 117 patients suspected of having acute pulmonary embolism. In 50 of these ...

Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman has been diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism, he has revealed. The 66-year-old star of “Dog’s Most Wanted” finds himself battling his own ...