Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a frequent cause of death, but not all patients are at high risk of an adverse early outcome. It has been proposed that selected patients may be considered for early discharge and home treatment, but it was only recently that improved risk assessment strategies permitted advances in the identification of low-risk PE. Clinical prediction rules, such as the Pulmon...

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) results in a wide spectrum of haemodynamic compromise and in hospital PE-related mortality. It is generally accepted that haemodynamically unstable patients with systolic blood pressure <90 mmHg at presentation form a high-risk group (∼5% of all PE patients), with short-term mortality exceeding 15%. They require urgent primary revascularisation performed mostly wit...

Introduction: The prognostic role of SCUBE1 serum levels in PTE has best of our knowledge, not been previously investigated. Materials and methods: The study included 49 patients diagnosed as having acute PTE. This singlecentre prospective study was conducted between Jan 2015 and 2016.The diagnosis of PTE was reached through spiral angio computed thorax tomography. Serum SCUBE1 was measured on ...

Although the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) accurately identifies 35% of patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) as being low risk, some patients deemed high risk by the PESI on admission might be treated safely in the outpatient environment. This retrospective cohort study included a total of 304 consecutive patients with acute PE, classified at the time of hospital admission int...

OBJECTIVE To assess the value of transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) for diagnosing suspected haemodynamically significant pulmonary embolism and signs of right ventricular overload at standard echocardiography. METHODS 113 consecutive patients (58 male; 55 female), mean (SD) age 53.6 (13.3) years, in whom there was clinical suspicion of pulmonary embolism and right ventricular overload o...

Severe pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening disease requiring a wellbalanced therapeutic approach. It is of upmost importance to differentiate between acute pulmonary embolism and chronic pulmonary embolism in this setting. The management of acute embolism is predominantly carried out by the internal specialist, whereas the therapy of chronic pulmonary embolism is in the domain of the surgi...

The prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) among COVID-19 infections is significantly high. However, in resource-limited settings, appropriate computed tomography (CT) imaging not possible for all patients. Very sick patients suspected a PE may be fit to shifted the CT room. Hence, it likely that underdiagnosed Indian Coexisting should considered with influenza-like illnesses who have Type 1 res...

Objective. To determine the utility of high quantitative D-dimer levels in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Methods. D-dimer testing was performed in consecutive patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. We included patients with suspected pulmonary embolism with a high risk for venous thromboembolism, i.e. hospitalized patients, patients older than 80 years, with malignancy or previous s...

Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism events are common complications following lower-extremity orthopedic surgery. Conversely, deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism events are rare following upper-extremity surgery, specifically shoulder arthroscopy. The purpose of this article is to emphasize the necessity of performing a thorough preoperative workup to uncover possible risk f...