Long journeys, especially by air, can silently raise your risk of blood clots. Here's what every traveller should know about ...

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 ...

FORMER Liverpool star Fernando Morientes has opened up on a horror health scare that left him hospitalised for days. The ...

If not treated, the clot can break off from the vein and travel to the lungs, causing sudden shortness of breath, cough, and chest discomfort—symptoms of pulmonary embolism, a life-threatening ...

Anyone with symptoms that could indicate a heart attack or pulmonary embolism should receive emergency medical attention.

Aaron Holley, MD, writes that it takes a 'physiologic village' to create activity intolerance after pulmonary embolism, and ...

The AHA has published a scientific statement regarding disparities in current pulmonary embolism management and outcomes.

Around 1 month later, the patient was admitted to an NHS Trust hospital and diagnosed with bilateral pulmonary embolism, which required a 6-month course of rivaroxaban for treatment. The patient ...

Pulmonary embolism occurs when an embolus breaks away from a thrombus and blocks the pulmonary artery, generating symptoms that include shortness of breath, chest pain, fainting and haemoptysis.

is an unusual and progressive disease that causes pulmonary arterial occlusion, gas exchange impairment, right heart failure and eventually death in 3-5 years if left untreated. The disease is ...