A pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs when a blood clot (embolus) enters a pulmonary artery (blood vessel) in the lungs and blocks ...

A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a type of venous thromboembolism ... and then travel to your pulmonary arteries. The exact treatment for PE depends on its severity and whether you need critical ...

Some illnesses that cause pleurisy, like tuberculosis or a pulmonary embolism, may require treatment in a hospital. Pleurisy is inflammation in the lining of your lungs (pleura) that causes ...

New data from the REAL-PE analysis investigated catheter-based pulmonary embolism (PE) treatment, showing women and Black people were less frequently treated with minimally invasive therapy ...

Penumbra (PEN) announced new data that demonstrate patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism – PE – treated with ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH ... were developed to treat PAH. Thus, limited treatment data exist for the less-studied non-PAH forms of PH. Pharmacogenomics can be a tool to better understand ...

Anesthetic management of patients presenting for catheter-based embolectomy is often challenging as patients are at risk for ...

To prevent the blood clot from traveling to the lungs (pulmonary embolism). To prevent post-thrombotic syndrome. This is a condition that can cause pain, sores, and swelling of the affected leg. To ...

All individual treatment groups achieved an improvement ... ERA: Endothelin receptor antagonist; PDE5: Phosphodiesterase type 5; PH: Pulmonary hypertension.

This animation describes the risk factors, mechanisms and treatment of pulmonary embolism. Find more information on pulmonary embolism and other vaso-occlusive disorders here. This Nature Video is ...