Acute pulmonary embolism
Radiographic Patterns in Patients Diagnosed with Acute Pulmonary Embolism
... mimic pulmonary embolism aside more prominent ...with acute pulmonary embolism may reflect the propensity of acute pulmonary embolism to occur in the setting of ...
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Clinical and echocardiographic predictors of mortality in acute pulmonary embolism
... with acute pulmonary embolism ...of acute PE, based on a positive ventilation perfusion scan or computed tomography (CT) chest angiogram, were identified using the Duke University Hospital ...
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Diuretic versus placebo in normotensive acute pulmonary embolism with right ventricular enlargement and injury: a double-blind randomised placebo controlled study. Protocol of the DiPER study
... Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a fre- quent and serious ...of acute PE is mainly related to haemodynamic status and to the occurrence of acute right ventricular (RV) failure due to RV ...
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A decision tree built with parameters obtained by computed tomographic pulmonary angiography is useful for predicting adverse outcomes in non-high-risk acute pulmonary embolism patients
... Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is one of the leading causes of death in cardiovascular disease [1, 2]. Differenti- ating high-risk APE patients from others on the basis of hypotension [1] and ...
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The prognostic value of pulmonary embolism severity index in acute pulmonary embolism: a meta-analysis
... of acute pulmonary embolism (APE) among hospitalized patients in the United States, according to data collected between 1979 and 1999, was ...
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Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: a Four-Year Study
... Regarding the prescribed dosage of drug only two cases (3.7%) were consistent with one of the mentioned protocols that in one case 40000 units of heparin in 24 hours and in another case which had been operated one week ...
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Healthcare utilization in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension after acute pulmonary embolism
... the acute PE diagnosis were not avail- able, and could have provided a better indication of the presence of CTEPH at that ...previous acute PE diagnosis were included in the current study, and not patients ...
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Influenza infection and risk of acute pulmonary embolism
... including: acute onset of fever (temperature ≥ 37,8°C), subjective feeling of fever or chills, cough with or without sputum, rhinitis, headache and sore ...an acute onset of fever (> ...
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Prognostic value of brain natriuretic peptide in acute pulmonary embolism
... We should also acknowledge that most studies did not report complete data concerning the timing of BNP and NT-proBNP measurements in relation to the occurrence of acute PE. In this perspective, serial biomarker ...
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Syncope as a presentation of acute pulmonary embolism
... Results: Prevalence of syncope was 13% (n=23) at the time of presentation. Compared to patients without syncope, those with syncope had a higher rate of central embolism (83% vs 43%, respectively, P=0.002), right ...
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Management dilemmas in acute pulmonary embolism
... thrombectomy or aspirate fragments of macerated emboli fol- lowing other techniques. A recent meta-analysis observed 87% clinical success. 66 Local intra-clot thrombolytic was used in 67% of cases and was associated with ...
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Update on acute pulmonary embolism
... Several years ago, data from two multicentre registries demon- strated that short-term prognosis of PE depends on haemody- namic status [45, 46]. Definitions of haemodynamic instability varied among the studies: some ...
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Pulmonary flow profile and distensibility following acute pulmonary embolism
... with pulmonary embolism (PE), which can both be evaluated by multi-detector row CT, is caused by increased ten- sion in the RV wall and may lead to RV dilatation and ischemia ...after acute PE is ...
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Impact of tenecteplase in intermediate and high risk pulmonary embolism
... severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. Diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism was confirmed by MDCT of ...of acute PE were administered dose adjusted intravenous ...
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The right ventricle: interaction with the pulmonary circulation
... the pulmonary circulation without causing right atrial pressure to ...in pulmonary arterial ...When pulmonary vascular reserve is compromised RV ejection may also be compromised, increasing right ...
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Prognostic Ability of Simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) Score in Real World: A Brief Report
... of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) represents the cornerstone of modern management of this potentially life-threatening ...Simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (sPESI) score in a ...
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... Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening car- diovascular disease that has an incidence rate of 60–70 cases per 100,000 individuals and is associated with significant morbidity and ...
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Life Threatening Pulmonary Embolism: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis and Management
... acute pulmonary embolism remains a significant public health threat as the third most common cardiovascular cause of death, the current guidelines consider throm- bolysis the primary therapy despite ...
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Massive Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Stroke
... The patient was unstable, tachycardic, and severely hypo- tensive. Though mindful of her stroke, we administered stre- ptokinase according to the standard protocol. Her haemo- dynamic status improved markedly, and blood ...
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Incidence of venous thromboembolism in northern Sweden (VEINS): a population-based study
... of pulmonary embolism compared to DVT ...of pulmonary embolism in our study, compared to other studies, might be attributable to the different study ...of pulmonary embolism in ...
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