PURPOSE To investigate the rate of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Japanese patients with fractures of the pelvis and/or lower extremities using physical prophylaxis alone. METHODS Records of 66 men and 60 women aged 15 to 95 (mean, 57) years with fractures of the pelvis and/ or lower extremities were retrospectively reviewed. They were screened for VTE based on D-dimer values. Contrast-enhan...

PURPOSE Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is a treatment option for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The present systematic review was performed to assess the safety and efficacy of PTE for CTEPH. METHODS A systematic review was performed, and six electronic databases were searched for published studies from January 1999 to February 2010. All articles t...

A 78-year-old man visited the emergency department with dyspnea of New York Heart Association Class III for 2 months. His past medical history comprised hypertension and old tuberculosis. He had no history suggesting coagulopathy, recurrent history of thromboembolism, or arrhythmia such as atrial fibrillation. He worked as a guard who spent every other night in the sitting position. The laborat...

Pulmonary artery sarcoma mimicking chronic pulmonary thromboembolism Sarcoma da artéria pulmonar simulando tromboembolismo pulmonar crônico Dear Editor, A 35-year-old woman was admitted in our institution with a 2-year history of dyspnea, hemoptysis and chest pain. Chest computed tomography (CT) demonstrated filling defects in the right pulmonary artery and some of its branches (Figure 1A). Tra...

: Since thrombosis occurrence among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients is a critical complication, this study aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19-associated pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). This case series 39 venous (VTE) represents characteristics, laboratory data, imaging outcomes. The mean age was 55 ± 15 years. Moreover, 25 (64.10%) were male. ...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is the preferred treatment for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), but persistent pulmonary hypertension after PTE, as a result of either inaccessible distal thrombotic material or coexistent intrinsic small-vessel disease, remains a major determinant of poor outcome. Conventional preoperative evaluation is unreliable in identi...

clot formation within a deep vein is called deep vein thrombosis (dvt). it occurs in about 100 persons per 100,000 population each year in the united states and leads to about 600,000 pulmonary thromboembolism (pte) cases and also causes 60,000 deaths annually. for many years, unfractionated heparin (ufh) and warfarin have been used for treatment of dvt and prevention of pte. this approach need...

Swine flue is a highly contagious acute respiratory disease caused by a subtype of influenza A virus. Herein we present three patients with H1N1 infection complicated with pulmonary thromboembolism. The patients had chest pain and unexplained dyspnea. Imaging studies showed bilateral hilar predominance. Computed tomographic angiography confirmed bilateral thromboembolism (an unusual presentatio...

BACKGROUND Impaired left ventricular diastolic filling is common in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), and recent studies support left ventricular underfilling as a cause. To investigate this further, we assessed left atrial volume index (LAVI) in patients with CTEPH before and after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE). METHODS Forty-eight consecutive CTEPH patients had ...

OBJECTIVE Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a major risk factor for pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). We carefully selected patients for surgical thrombectomy to treat acute-phase thrombosis and obtained favorable results. METHODS Over the past 5 years, we have performed surgical thrombectomy via a minimum femoral skin incision in 11 patients. Surgery was considered for patients with persistent ph...