This study correlated levels of activated fibrinolysis with the presence, extent, and rate of resolution of angiographically documented pulmonary emboli. Pulmonary emboli demonstrable by angiography were associated with detectable fibrin split products in the serum of 24 of 25 patients. In the absence of increased fibrin split products, pulmonary emboli large enough to be demonstrated by angiog...

a 33-year-old female-a known case of behcet's disease- was admitted to the hospital due to fever, dyspnea and hemoptysis. one week before admission, she had developed right leg swelling. the history suggested either deep vein thrombosis (dvt) and pulmonary emboli or pulmonary artery vasculitis. diagnostic tests were requested and the necessary treatment was started accordingly

BACKGROUND The relative effectiveness of vitamin K antagonists compared with novel oral anticoagulants in treating pulmonary embolism remains unclear. Recent trials comparing the efficacy of vitamin K antagonists with factor Xa inhibitors for the treatment of pulmonary emboli have been non-inferiority studies based primarily on risk reduction (such as bleeding events), rather than resolution of...

A patient with a circulating lupus anticoagulant in the absence of systemic lupus erythematosus developed recurrent deep venous thromboses and pulmonary emboli. Pulmonary emboli recurred despite prolonged oral anticoagulant therapy and resulted in fatal pulmonary arterial hypertension. Extended anticoagulant therapy alone may not prevent recurrent thromboembolism in patients with a lupus antico...

IN 1-2% of patients with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary emboli develop despite therapy with heparin.' Episodes of DVT successfully treated with anticoagulant therapy may still result in venous valvular incompetence and lead to postphlebitic syndromes characterized by ulceration, varicosities and edema. Studies of thrombolytic agents suggest that early use of these drugs for extensive ven...

Pulmonary emboli are rare, yet serious, complications of body contouring surgery. When they occur, they more often follow as complications of long, invasive procedures in adults. The present report details a case of bilateral pulmonary emboli in an obese 15-year-old boy with hypogonadism undergoing bilateral mastectomy for gynecomastia. The diagnosis of bilateral pulmonary emboli was made on th...

Pulmonary embolism is a common clinical condition associated with high mortality.The majority of pulmonary emboli originate from deep venous thrombosis in the popliteal and femoral veins.We present a rare case of a 21-year-old caucasian male patient with massive pulmonary embolism. The source of emboli originated from thrombosed femoropopliteal pseudoaneurysm associated with arteriovenous fistu...