The protocols offer a more accurate way to detect atherosclerosis and assess cardiovascular risk before symptoms appear, ...

Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) was a complication in about 10% of pulmonary sarcoidosis (PS) cases, investigators reported in Respiratory Medicine. The retrospective study assessed the prevalence, incidence ...

Deep vein thrombosis a condition where a blood clot forms in a deep vein, most commonly in the legs, potentially leading to a life-threatening pulmonary embolism if the clot dislodges and travels ...

Background Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) lacks community prevalence and outcome data. Objective To characterise minimum ‘indicative’ prevalences and mortality data for all forms of PHT in a selected ...

Your doctor might also prescribe a shot of warfarin to treat serious DVT or clots stuck in your lung (pulmonary embolism). If heparin and warfarin treatments don't work for you, you might get ...

If it lands in the lungs, it’s called a pulmonary embolism. Estimates vary widely, but according to the American Lung Association, around 900,000 U.S. adults experience this type of potentially ...

She had a pulmonary embolism while waiting in line. “The whole thing still feels very surreal,” Jansson told Yahoo Canada via Zoom from her home in Gananoque, Ont., where she works remotely for a tech ...

If you are a parent, then you probably first laid eyes on your child through an ultrasound procedure—the technology that uses high-frequency sound waves to view soft tissue. It is undeniably one ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a type of pulmonary hypertension that causes high blood pressure in the small arteries of the lungs. It is a serious condition that can impair blood flow, ...

Unexplained Cough Coughing may occur with a pulmonary embolism, which experts suspect stems from the ... Providers detect blood clots using imaging studies, like an ultrasound or angiogram. Depending ...

I am a three-time pulmonary embolism survivor! My first PE was in 2003 after childbirth complications (including a collapsed lung), which caused me to be hospitalized for one month. After I was ...