—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 ...

Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine Among adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Venkatesh AK, Kline JA, Courtney DM, Camargo CA, Plewa MC, Nordenholz KE, Moore CL, Richman PB, Smithline HA, Beam DM, Kabrhel C. Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department and ...

Pulmonary angiography is an X-ray procedure that looks at the blood vessels leading to and from your lungs. The X-rays produced are called pulmonary angiograms, which may show blood clots in and ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Vallerie McLaughlin, MD: Hello, everyone, and welcome to this Medscape InDiscussion podcast. Today we're talking about chronic thromboembolic pulmonary ...

A saddle pulmonary embolism is when a large blood clot gets stuck in the main pulmonary artery. It’s a type of pulmonary embolism (PE), which is a blockage in one of the arteries of the lungs. Share ...

The amount of time it takes you to recover from a pulmonary embolism can vary from person to person. Many people completely recover and return to their normal level of activity after several weeks or ...

Saddle pulmonary embolism describes a large blood clot that sits atop or “saddles” the main pulmonary artery where it divides and branches into the left and right lungs. It can cause breathing ...