Chest pain after a pulmonary embolism is common and may last days or even weeks. In most cases, symptoms improve as the clot dissolves, but some people can develop chronic pain. This pain typically ...

For emergency department patients with suspected PE, the strategy wasn't inferior for thromboembolic events compared with a conventional diagnostic strategy of subjective estimation of pretest ...

A subsegmental pulmonary embolism is a blood clot located on a distal, or distant and less central, branch of the pulmonary arteries. Treatment can depend on symptoms and risk factors. A subsegmental ...

Reproducible chest pain means that a doctor or medical team can reproduce the pain under specific circumstances through pressing or touching. Doctors often use it as an early diagnostic tool when a ...

Leesburg, VA, July 13, 2022—According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), an AI tool for detection of incidental pulmonary embolus (iPE) on conventional contrast-enhanced chest CT ...

Parth Rali, MD, Temple University Hospital, is looking forward to approaching pulmonary vascular diseases as a spectrum, especially when assessing pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension, at ...

Overreliance on D-dimer testing and similarity to other conditions may mean pulmonary embolism or venous thromboembolism is ...

One of the key highlights was the discussion of Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams (PERT), addressing controversies in PE management and focusing on personalized, patient-centered care. The CHEST 2024 ...

Each year, around 900,000 people in the United States are affected by pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which are conditions involving blood clots. Though there are many causes of ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...