But especially in the minority of cases where the cause isn’t known or hasn’t been identified — what’s called “unprovoked” pulmonary embolism — patients are much more likely to develop blood clots ...

When Furman football player Bryce Stanfield died in February of 2024, his teammate PJ Meyers lost one of his closest friends.

I am a three-time pulmonary embolism survivor! My first PE was in 2003 after childbirth complications (including a collapsed ...

4. Sudden, Intense Chest Pain A clot within a lung artery, called a pulmonary embolism (PE), causes sharp, sometimes sudden chest pain that worsens when taking a deep breath. With a heart attack, the ...

A blood clot in the lung is a pulmonary embolism, which creates a blockage and causes issues with blood flow and oxygen levels in your lungs, per the Cleveland Clinic. A pulmonary embolism is ...

Since auricular fibrillation with presumably auricular thrombosis was the major cause of embolism it is of some interest to examine the causes of the fibrillation in these 64 cases (Table 4).

stressing the need for further investigation into optimal treatment strategies and the underlying causes of increased thrombotic risk to improve outcomes in this population. Patel KN et al. Pulmonary ...

Pulmonary embolism is a common cause of cardiovascular-associated morbidity and mortality. Although pulmonary embolism affects individuals from all demographics, the incidence of pulmonary embolism is ...

Nearly all cases were west of the Mississippi River. Hantaviruses, which can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, are spread through the urine, feces and saliva of infected rodents. The most ...