16 Results Found

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy, short- and long-term cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortalities and postoperative morbidities of surgical pulmonary embolectomy (SPE) for patients with massive or submassive pulm...

Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition with high mortality, particularly in high-risk cases where rapid clinical deterioration is common. The optimal management strategy for high-risk PE remains debated. Systemic thrombol...

Hemodynamic instability and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction are the key determinants of short-term prognosis in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). High-risk PE encompasses a wide spectrum of clinical situations from sustained hypotension...

Primary aortic occlusion (PAO) is defined as acute occlusion in the absence of aortic atherosclerosis or aneurysm. PAO is a rare disease with acute onset and can determine massive parenchymal ischemia and distal arterial embolization. The aim of our...

Objective: Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a life-threatening condition, often leading to acute respiratory and cardiac failure. This study evaluates the role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a supportive treatment for high-ri...

The Swiss Ticino regional pulmonary embolism response team (PERT) features direct access to various pharmacomechanical PE management options within a hub/spoke system, by integrating evidence, guidelines’ recommendations and personal experience...

Most patients with pulmonary embolism will have an uneventful clinical course once therapeutic levels of anticoagulation are established. High risk patients, however, may require additional therapy to improve survival and prevent recurrent pulmonary...

Severe pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening disease requiring a wellbalanced therapeutic approach. It is of upmost importance to differentiate between acute pulmonary embolism and chronic pulmonary embolism in this setting. The management of acut...

Impending paradoxical embolism is a rare condition defined as the presence of an entrapped thrombus through the patent foramen ovale. This diagnosis is usually made from echocardiography or a thoracic-CT scan performed in patients with suspected pulm...

Background: Primary intracardiac tumors may be diagnosed incidentally, sometimes in the case of complications. Case Report: This case report presents a 64-year-old woman who was admitted to the emergency department with cardiac complications, includi...

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a heterogenous condition, with varying early and long term clinical outcomes. The mortality rate in PE patients is higher than in patients with acute myocardial infarction, exceeding 10% at 30 days and 16% at 3 months...

Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) management is challenging, usually requiring multidisciplinary collaboration from cardiologists, infectious disease specialists, interventional cardiologists, and cardiovascular surgeons, as more than half of t...

Acute lower extremity ischemia (ALI) is a cardiovascular emergency resulting from embolic and thrombotic causes. Although endovascular techniques have advanced, surgical thromboembolectomy is still the gold standard. Emergency thromboembolectomy surg...

Introduction: Although in the non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOAC) era majority of low-risk acute pulmonary embolism (APE) patients can be treated at home, identifying those at very low risk of clinical deterioration may be challenging. We aimed...

Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a time-sensitive condition with variable clinical presentations and outcomes. Rapid risk stratification and appropriate triage are essential for optimizing treatment and patient outcomes. Artificial intelligence...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third most common vascular disease in the US, a frequently underdiagnosed and potentially fatal condition where embolic material blocks one or more pulmonary arteries impairing blood flow. In this study, we aim to descr...