PULMONARY angiography is potentially the most positive means for diagnosing thromboembolism of the lung. The importance of such a procedure can hardly be overstated when one is dealing with a ...

June 15, 2010 — Computed tomography (CT) angiography may not be needed to rule out suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients who have no risk factors, according to the results of a study reported ...

ORLANDO, FL — Although coronary CT angiography to assess the left atrium and pulmonary veins prior to ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) is commonly considered not to be as good as a coronary ...

—Based on their findings, these investigators believe that the benefits of computed tomography pulmonary angiogram for detection of a suspected pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients with chronic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 67-year-old woman with an extensive history of smoking initially presented complaining of a persistent cough.

Among the 77 patients assigned to undergo circumferential pulmonary-vein ablation, ablation was repeated because of recurrent atrial fibrillation in 26 percent of patients and atypical atrial flutter ...

Backround A 40-year-old woman presented with dyspnea in the fifth month of pregnancy followed by a sudden onset of pleuritic chest pain 2 weeks postpartum. She was diagnosed as having pulmonary ...

Young women at risk of having a pulmonary embolism -- a potential life-threatening blockage in a lung artery -- should first undergo a ventilation/perfusion lung scan rather than a CT angiogram, ...

The treatment resulted in clinical improvement, and the patient began to breathe spontaneously. The levels of inflammatory markers were normal. However, on day 11, the patient developed dyspnea, ...