Pulmonary embolism (PE) can present with a variety of electrocardiographic findings. Bradycardia is rare finding in acute PE, which typically manifests sinus tachycardia. PE might arise from the physiologic Bezold–Jarisch reflex, describes constellation bradycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and hypotension. We report case woman her 60s who was admitted initially for submassive found to have bra...

In the present study, we evaluated computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) in guiding therapeutic decisions and monitoring patients undergoing percutaneous catheter fragmentation in acute massive pulmonary embolism. From Jan 2003 to Dec 2009, 35 patients were diagnosed with acute massive pulmonary embolism by CTPA (T0) and treated with percutaneous catheter fragmentation. The severity ...

Background and Purpose—The common medical complications after ischemic stroke are associated with increased mortality and resource use. Method—The study population consisted of 1 150 336 adult hospitalizations with ischemic stroke as a primary diagnosis included in the 1998 to 2007 Nationwide Inpatient Sample of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Multiple logistic regression analyses ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The common medical complications after ischemic stroke are associated with increased mortality and resource use. METHOD The study population consisted of 1 150 336 adult hospitalizations with ischemic stroke as a primary diagnosis included in the 1998 to 2007 Nationwide Inpatient Sample of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Multiple logistic regression analyse...