Aim: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third leading cause of death due to cardiovascular disease. The presence shock or hypotension remains main prognostic clinical marker and date, it only factor that indicates need for aggressive treatment. Most patients with pulmonary are normotensive. Prognostic indicators needed better classify embolism. This study aimed investigate effect lactate level on p...

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a rare but notoriously underdiagnosed complication of pulmonary embolism, which carries a poor prognosis if left untreated. CTEPH results from the obstruction of the pulmonary vascular bed by fibro-thrombotic material, which may completely occlude the lumen. Although massive or recurrent pulmonary embolism is thought to be the initiating ...

Patients with elevated troponin levels and chronic renal disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sepsis, or acute ischemic stroke have a 2- to 5-fold increased risk of death, even in the absence of known cardiovascular disease.