A pulmonary embolism is a blockage in the pulmonary artery that supplies blood to the lungs. The blockage, usually caused by a blood clot, impairs oxygenation of the blood and can damage the heart.

Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) often have obstructive lung function abnormalities which could be due to asthma or increased pulmonary blood volume; it is important to determine the underlying ...

A pulmonary embolism is a blockage in an artery in the lungs (pulmonary artery), usually caused by a blood clot (embolus) that travels to the lungs from deep veins in the legs. An intermediate-risk ...

In 15 patients with definite angiographic evidence of embolism involving both lungs, and treated with heparin or venous ligation or both, sequential studies showed only minimal angiographic and ...

A major difficulty in the interpretation of these findings arises from the fact that closed commissurotomy often results in incomplete relief of obstruction, and it is difficult to determine whether ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Percutaneous thrombectomy for intermediate-risk or high ...