We have read through the case report article with great interest, entitled “Combined catheter thrombus fragmentation and percutaneous thrombectomy in a patient with massive pulmonary emboli and acute cerebral infarct,” by Uğurlu et al. (1) and published in Anatol J Cardiol 2015; 15: 69-74. For the last two years, ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolytic (USAT) has been used as an alte...

A 50-year-old male with sudden syncope and witnessed seizure activity was discovered to have pulmonary emboli. Although he denied shortness of breath, d-dimer testing was positive and a ventilation-perfusion scan was positive for bilateral pulmonary emboli; cardiac ECHO also confirmed elevated right ventricular pressures. The literature on this unusual presentation for seizures as the initial m...

Orthopaedic patients are at particularly high risk for pulmonary embolism. There has been a trend recently toward overdiagnosis of pulmonary embolism; thus, evaluation of the nature of a clinically relevant pulmonary embolism is needed, as is assessment of the timing, risks, and outcomes of therapeutic anticoagulation in surgical patients. Recent literature shows the incidence of pulmonary embo...

Although the syndrome of "subacute cor pulmonale" caused by multiple tumour emboli to the pulmonary arteries has been well-described,' few reports have recorded detailed haemodynamic measurements from the pulmonary circulation in this setting. We describe a woman with known metastatic breast carcinoma who developed dyspnoea of hidden origin. Perfusion lung scanning and pulmonary angiography wit...

Pulmonary embolism may be a life-threatening condition that needs immediate medical intervention. Early detection plays an important role in improving the survival rate. However, pulmonary embolism is a difficult diagnosis that may be missed because of non-specific clinical presentation. According to guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism, it should be diagnosed ...

Periprostatic or paravaginal venous thromboses are rarely considered clinically as sites of clot origin in patients with pulmonary thromboembolism. The majority of emboli have been demonstrated to originate in the veins of the legs. This report raises awareness of pelvic vein thrombosis as a potential source of pulmonary embolism that is rarely considered or detected clinically, and which usual...

I MPRESSIVE pathologic evidence has accumulated that suggests that recurrent showers of small pulmonary emboli are commonly undetected clinically.1 3 The eventual development of obstructive pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmnonale in some cases is well known, but effective therapy of this late stage of the disease is not available. It has been reported, however, that prompt treatment can resul...

The true incidence of thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in patients requiring temporary transvenous pacing via the femoral vein in unknown. Twenty-nine patients, mean age 66.2 years (range 38-79 years) who required temporary pacing were studied by bilateral contrast venography and perfusion lung scanning after removal of the pacing catheter. The patients were subdivided into two subgroups based...

Initial studies have shown that patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 are at high risk of venous-thromboembolic events (VTE).[1][1] Post-mortem COVID-19 disease frequently show diffuse alveolar damage, pulmonary emboli and microthrombi in the lungs.[2][2] Derangement