Serena Williams faced life-threatening complications, including a pulmonary embolism, after her daughter's emergency C-section birth. She emphasized the importance of women trusting their bodies and ...

According to Nova One Advisor, the global pulmonary embolism market size is calculated at USD 2.15 billion in 2024, grows to USD 2.33 billion in 2025, and is projected to hit around USD 4.78 billion ...

Cancer and several types of treatment may increase the risk of developing pulmonary embolism. Learn more about causes, risk factors, specific cancer types, symptoms, and treatments.

Recurrent pulmonary embolism as a cause of chronic heart disease was probably first recognized by Ljungdahl 8 in 1928. Brenner, 9 in his systematic studies of the pulmonary vasculature in 1935 ...

Pulmonary embolism in children has been acknowledged to be an issue in clinical care but was thought to be rare. Now new research published at the ATS 2025 International Conference shows that it ...

A RECENT study analysing data from the US Renal Data System (USRDS) has revealed a significant risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) starting dialysis. The ...

Pulmonary embolism is the obstruction of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by a substance (thrombus, tumor, air embolism, fat) that originates somewhere in the body Prof.ass.dr.Isuf Bajrami ...

Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. In a recent study in patients with PE, an increased level of macrophages was found in the right ventricle.

A pulmonary embolism occurs when part of a blood clot breaks off from a deep vein in the body, travels up to an artery or vein in your lungs, and causes a blockage.

What Causes Pulmonary Embolism? The root cause of PE is the formation of clots in the body. “Under normal circumstances,” says Dr. Dahhan, “the body forms clots to stop bleeding from damaged blood ...