Inquis Medical, a medical device company pioneering advanced treatments for venous thromboembolic disease, today announced the U.S. commercial launch of the latest AVENTUS™ Catheter, designed to ...

Medically reviewed by Alicen Nelson, MD, MPH Key Takeaways Lightheadedness or dizziness can be a sign of a blood clot in the lungs, heart, or brain and may lead to fainting in severe cases.Swelling, ...

This study aimed to develop and validate a prediction model for recurrent pulmonary embolism (PE) using clinical variables and CT-derived body composition parameters, including skeletal muscle area ...

A pulmonary embolism, or PE, is what happens when a blood clot travels to the lungs and blocks blood flow. In most cases the clot starts as a deep vein thrombosis in a leg vein, breaks loose, and ...

A blood clot in a deep vein that breaks off and travels to your lungs could be life-threatening. Here’s what you need to know about this type of traveling blood clot. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . 79.5% of children in the ED had D-dimer diagnostic testing. Testing patterns and imaging yield rates for ...

A pulmonary embolism occurs when one or more blood clots move from somewhere in your body to the lungs. The clot becomes lodged in a pulmonary (lung) artery and blocks the blood flow. A pulmonary ...

A new American Heart Association scientific statement presents evidence that more high-risk patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) may benefit from surgical management. Refined definitions of risk ...

Cardiovascular InterventionsBlood pressure is maintained. However, there is right ventricular strain, and one wonders if it is safe to wait with anticoagulation therapy alone—intermediate-risk pulmona ...

In patients with intermediate−high risk pulmonary embolism, catheter-directed thrombolysis improved short-term clinical outcomes compared with standard anticoagulation therapy alone, according to ...

CONSIDERABLE progress has been made in recent years in the understanding of thromboembolic disease and also in the ability to diagnose acute pulmonary embolism. Radiologists have learned to interpret ...

Public radio fans knew NPR books editor Petra Mayer as an exuberant lover of science fiction, romance novels, comic books and cats. "If it's fun and nerdy, I'm all about it," she declared. Friends and ...