CT scans, a widely used medical imaging technology to diagnose ... such as when it’s used to diagnose a suspected pulmonary embolism, or a blood clot in the lungs, in a patient who’s at low risk for ...

The role of venous duplex ultrasound (US) of the legs in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) is not clear with the advent of D-dimer testing and computed tomography (CT) pulmonary ...

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

“Most previous investigations of MRA had fewer than 20 patients with pulmonary embolism,” say the researchers ... past experience with spiral CT, now the gold standard, shows that “accuracy ...

Although D-dimer results within a typical range can rule out pulmonary embolism, high results alone can’t diagnose this condition. Doctors usually need to run extra tests to make a diagnosis.

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in patients classified as acute, ...

In 2020, Atlantic Health introduced an AI algorithm that can analyse CT scans for the signs of pulmonary embolism — a potentially life-threatening condition when blood flow is blocked to part of ...

These measures, however, have been directed primarily toward preventing pulmonary embolism rather than at influencing the immediate effects of the emboli themselves, and little progress has been ...

she knew that the breathing problems she was experiencing were due to another pulmonary embolism and immediately told the nearest nurse (between gasps for breath) that she needed a CT scan with ...

The condition itself is not life-threatening, but blood clots in the veins can break loose and move to the lungs, causing a potentially life-threatening pulmonary embolism. When this happens ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the risk of acute internal jugular, subclavian, and axillary deep venous thrombosis (upper torso DVT [UTDVT]) and pulmonary embolism (PE) and the ...