Aaron Holley, MD, writes that it takes a 'physiologic village' to create activity intolerance after pulmonary embolism, and ...

A subsegmental pulmonary embolism is a blood clot located on a distal, or distant and less central, branch of the pulmonary arteries. Treatment can depend on symptoms and risk factors. A ...

Although D-dimer results within a typical range can rule out pulmonary embolism, high results alone can’t diagnose this condition. Doctors usually need to run extra tests to make a diagnosis.

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 ...

Purpose: Deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) are associated with major morbidity and mortality, with their burden often extending to longer-term complications such as event ...

Despite guidelines recommending other anticoagulants for people hospitalized with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), old habits and misconceptions have kept unfractionated heparin (UFH) the initial ...