SURGICAL treatment for aneurysm of the abdominal aorta and for aortic atherosclerosis with thrombotic occlusion is relatively new, and the results have been good. 1–3 Because excision of the diseased ...
Systemic air emboli, both arterial and venous, are an uncommon complication of lung biopsy guided by computed tomography (CT). Direct communication between the vasculature and air source with a ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Patients who experience tachycardia -- either symptomatic or asymptomatic -- following knee replacement surgery are most likely to trigger an imaging examination to determine if the ...
Ischemic strokes are frequently caused by emboli. Emboli have a propensity to lodge in certain areas. In the right internal carotid artery (ICA) angiogram shown above [centered where the distal ...
The routine use of computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography for the detection of pulmonary emboli has led to overdiagnosis of the condition, according to a new study published online July 2 in ...
A 57 year-old man with presented with weakness and apraxia of the left arm and leg. Shower of Emboli: Diffusion weighted MRIs. Note the multiple areas of diffusion abnormalities that indicate acute ...
Validation of diagnosis codes to identify side of colon in an electronic health record registry. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does ...
The purpose of this study was to confirm that the grades of lymph vessel tumor emboli in biopsy specimens obtained before neoadjuvant therapy and in the surgical specimens obtained after neoadjuvant ...
Dear Dr. Roach: I am struggling with a decision process due to a lack of consensus among various physicians. I was fortunate back in January at 66 years of age to survive bilateral pulmonary emboli ...
Fat embolism management may consist of a combination of supportive care and medications, as well as orthopedic surgery to help address related bone fractures. Fat embolism refers to a collection of ...
A retrospective chart review was performed on 59 patients found on routine cancer staging CT scans to have unsuspected PE. Information on patient demographics, malignancy characteristics, risk factors ...