Background: Lowering the amount of iodinated contrast material and tube voltage may increase pulmonary artery opacification thrombus identification without compromising picture quality. Objectives: To explore efficiency using lower a medium dose for conducting computed tomography angiography (CTPA) aiming to its accuracy in detecting thromboembolism (PTE). Subjects Methods:100 patients schedule...

BACKGROUND Assessment of the right ventricular (RV) function by echocardiography in patients with pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is complex and frequently qualitative. Tissue Doppler has been used for the semiquantitative assessment of this chamber, although with some limitations. OBJECTIVE To evaluate RV function in PTE using tissue-Doppler echocardiography, in addition to atrial natriureti...

Introduction: The diagnostic value of the D-dimer test varies with variable platelet numbers and functions in patients suffering from cancer and concomitant pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). This requires easy and reliable evaluation tests. In this study, we aimed to investigate the hypothesis that platelet functions may be more guiding in the prediction and diagnosis of PTE rather than the numb...

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of enoxaparin (ENO) and fondaparinux (FPX) on postoperative plasma D-dimer levels and risk factors associated with postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) and pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in patients with gynecologic cancer. For this study, 434 patients with gynecologic cancer were recruited and a surgical treatment strategy was...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is a common disease with a high mortality rate that is difficult to diagnose and treat. Because of the variety of clinical symptoms and signs, it is difficult to diagnose. Therefore, the diagnosis of PTE is mainly confirmed by imaging techniques. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether there is any corelation of the Wells rule, D-dimer and LDH va...

Pulmonary involvement is a rare manifestation of brucellosis which occurs by inhalation of infected aerosol or by hematogenous spreading. Pulmonary manifestations, including pleural effusions and pneumonias, can be found in up to 16% of complicated cases of brucellosis. A case report of complicated brucellosis is presented. A male patient aged 30, smoker, a cattle-breeder who lives in a country...

BACKGROUND Orthopedic surgeries of lower extremities such as total knee arthroplasty (TKA), total hip arthroplasty (THA), and hip fracture surgery (HFS) are widely considered to carry a high risk of developing deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). Growing attention to epidemiological studies using a healthcare database led us to quantify the risks using a Japanese da...

Introduction: Rivaroxaban is a new anticoagulant medication for pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT). There are limited data on the effect of body mass index (BMI) on the pharmacokinetics of rivaroxaban. This study aimed to assess the effect of rivaroxaban on coagulation assays in relation to BMI in PTE and DVT patients. Materials and Met...

A 23-year-old male was admitted to our hospital with complaints of shortness breath, grade-III, chest pain, and palpitation for the last 3 months. He had one episode hemoptysis months back. a known case primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) bilateral chronic pulmonary thromboembolism thromboembolic hypertension (CTEPH) presence anticardiolipin antibody. The patient no history joint h...

BACKGROUND The requirement of postoperative bedridden and immobilization renders neurosurgical patients with higher risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), then more vulnerable for pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). But silent pulmonary thromboembolism (SPTE) can be the very early stage of any typical form of PTE, its diagnosis and management is therefore critical in neurosurgical departments. Howeve...