OBJECTIVE The incidence of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is much lower in Japan than in the United States. The number of deaths from PTE, however, has gradually increased. The present study was designed to investigate the incidence and characteristics of PTE in Japan. METHODS AND MATERIALS We sent 5,582 questionnaires to inquire about the number of new cases of PTE between August 1, 2000 an...

BACKGROUND/AIM Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) may be one of the causes of sudden death in hospitalized psychiatric patients. The aim of our study was to investigate whether fatal PTE in these patients may be the result of their prolonged physical immobilization, particularly when there were associated risk factors, and to emphasize the importance of this problem. METHODS A retrospective anal...

Background: There is a growing concern in inflammatory parameters that are commonly used routine practice and can be measured cost-effectively for predicting mortality community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), acute-attack chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute thromboembolism (PTE). Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) significant parameter indicating the heterogeneity of size red ce...

Introduction: To investigate factors which could possibly be prognostic, to decide on thrombolytic therapy as soon possible, and determine the prognostic value of H-FABP, is a new marker, in pulmonary thromboembolism. 
 Material Method: In our study, patient group, consisting 58 patients diagnosed with PTE control group 30 healthy individuals were investigated. According their risk mortali...

Warfarin, dabigatran, and apixaban are used for preventing ischemic stroke due to non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). However, it is often challenging to select the appropriate anticoagulant. We present the case of a 70-year-old male patient with persistent NVAF who developed pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and left atrial thrombus during anticoagulant therapy ...

BACKGROUND To identify the overall effects of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) on the heart, we evaluated the heart findings and clinical characteristics of deceased patients diagnosed with PTE. MATERIAL AND METHODS PTEs were classified into 2 categories: fatal and contributory. Cases with a history of cardiopulmonary disease or a finding of significant disease at autopsy, including valvular hea...

e examined ambulance records from Miyagi prefecture and reported that the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including heart failure (HF), acute coronary syndrome (ACS), stroke, and cardiopulmonary arrest, had increased after the Great East Japan Earthquake (magnitude 9.0 on March 11, 2011).1 However, because the ambulance records were made in the emergency rooms by doctors who were ...

BACKGROUND Pentraxin3 (PTX3) is a protein, which has multifaceted effects on innate immunity, angiogenesis, and vascular remodeling then could be a disease marker of acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, vasculitis. In addition, PTX3 has been recognized as a biomarker for pulmonary arterial hypertension, however whether it is the case in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEP...

Myocardial infarction and cerebral ischemic stroke are prominent causes of death worldwide. Platelets play major roles in these diseases, although they anucleated cells, but also express the NF-?B. Pterostilbene (PTE) possesses some intriguing pharmacological properties, including capacity to inhibit platelet activation. We investigated inhibitory role PTE NF-?B-mediated signal events compared ...

BACKGROUND Diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in dogs relies on computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA), but detailed interpretation of CTPA images is demanding for the radiologist and only large vessels may be evaluated. New approaches for better detection of smaller thrombi include dual energy computed tomography (DECT) as well as computer assisted diagnosis (CAD) technique...