Objectives: To report a case with dynamic ST segment elevation suggestive of anteroseptal acute myocardial infarction (AMI) that proved to be bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). Clinical Presentation and Intervention: A 50-year-old woman with syncope was transferred to the emergency department. Findings from the admission electrocardiogram were suggestive of anteroseptal AMI; however, co...

Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is a relatively common cardiovascular emergency and massive PTE has always been a major source of morbidity and mortality. The traditional window period for thrombolysis in patients presenting with acute PTE is two weeks. We present a series of three patients with sub‑massive PTE, out of which two patients had acute and one patient subacute presentation. They had...

Citation: Gálvez García S, Muñoz Ruíz AL, Nava Tomás E, Chung H, Prieto Fernández A (2016) DualEnergy CT (DECT) Pulmonary Angiography in Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism (PTE): Causes, Semiology and Potential Diagnostic Pitfalls. J Adv Radiol Med Image 1(2): 204. doi: 10.15744/24565504.1.204 Volume 1 | Issue 2 Journal of Advances in Radiology and Medical Imaging Learning Objectives The dual-ener...

introduction: capnography, is an easy, fast and practical method which its application in the diagnosis of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (pte) has recently been studied. this study aimed to assess the diagnostic value of end-tidal co2 (etco2) and the alveolar dead space (avds) in the diagnosis of patients suspected to pte who have been referred to the emergency department. materials and metho...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of early or delayed warfarin administration with unfractionated heparin (UFH) on coagulation parameters in pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). PATIENTS AND METHODS This study was performed between November 2006 and July 2007. Thirty-three patients with PTE were sequentially slotted to early (n = 16) and delayed (n = 17) warfarin treat...

Objectives: To report a case with dynamic ST segment elevation suggestive of anteroseptal acute myocardial infarction (AMI) that proved to be bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). Clinical Presentation and Intervention: A 50-year-old woman with syncope was transferred to the emergency department. Findings from the admission electrocardiogram were suggestive of anteroseptal AMI; however, co...

Objectives: To report a case with dynamic ST segment elevation suggestive of anteroseptal acute myocardial infarction (AMI) that proved to be bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). Clinical Presentation and Intervention: A 50-year-old woman with syncope was transferred to the emergency department. Findings from the admission electrocardiogram were suggestive of anteroseptal AMI; however, co...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is considered the potential curative treatment for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We analysed the results of the PTE application in our institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS From February 1996 to December 2007, 30 patients with CTEPH underwent video-assisted PTE. Preoperative hemodynamic data were: systolic pu...

C hronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is the result of chronic obstruction of the pulmonary arteries by thrombi which ultimately leads to right heart failure and death. Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) has emerged as a standard therapeutic approach. Reperfusion lung oedema (RLE), which presents as acute deteriorating oxygenation and postoperative pulmonary hypertension, is...

Introduction: Capnography, is an easy, fast and practical method which its application in the diagnosis of Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy (PTE) has recently been studied. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic value of end-tidal CO2 (ETCO2) and the alveolar dead space (AVDS) in the diagnosis of patients suspected to PTE who have been referred to the emergency department. Materials and Metho...