Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) is a rare congenital left-to-right shunt where pulmonary veins drain into systemic circulation. This is a presentation of the case of a patient with concurrent PAPVR and adenocarcinoma of the same lobe. The pulmonary veins of right upper lobe drained into superior vena cava (SVC), whereas the middle and lower lobes veins drained into the left at...

Scimitar syndrome, a rare congenital cardiopulmonary condition, presents in both pediatric and adult populations as an anomalous pulmonary venous return of most of the right lung to the inferior vena cava. Recently, asymptomatic adult cases have been diagnosed with advances in imaging studies. We report the case of an asymptomatic 43-year-old male, with a complex variant scimitar syndrome diagn...

wo years ago several members of the British Thoracic Society independently suggested that, in the light of recent publications, the Standards of Care Committee should update their 1997 advice on suspected acute pulmonary embolism (PE). This issue of Thorax contains the results of this endeavour, with evidence sufficiently robust now to allow these to be called guidelines (see pp 470–83). Those ...

Abstract Background Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a critical medical condition that requires prompt diagnosis and treatment to avoid serious morbidity mortality risk. Multidetector CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) considered the first-line imaging modality for suspected acute PE. The presence of right heart strain, which supports diagnosis, special attention. aim our retrospective study assess reli...

AIM Controversy surrounds prevention, detection and clinical relevance of pulmonary embolism (PE) following arthroplasty in orthopaedic patients. We aimed to review the rates of computer tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA), PE and fatal PE following total joint replacement. METHOD Mixed retrospective/prospective review of CTPA requests and PE incidence amongst patients undergoing primary ...

Aims. To study the use of CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) at Hutt Hospital and investigate the use of pretest probability scoring in the assessment of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE). Methods. We studied patients with suspected PE that underwent CTPA between January and May 2012 and collected data on demographics, use of pretest probability scoring, and use of D Dimer and compar...

Background: The risk of developing pulmonary embolism (PE) is high in patients infected with COVID-19, and its diagnosis a severe challenge for healthcare professionals duringthe COVID-19 pandemic. Physicians are frequently usingcomputed tomography angiography(CTPA), d-dimer, well score the PE. Methods: A retrospective study was used which we investigated reliability clinical scores by collecti...

The recent generation of AMPLATZER Vascular Plug (AVP; ie, the AVP IV) was used for the occlusion of eight pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) in five patients. A treatment was considered successful when there was a reduction or disappearance of the aneurysmal sac. At a mean follow-up of 20.1 months, no recanalization of PAVMs was observed on multidetector computed tomographic angiogr...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Computed tomographic angiography and magnetic resonance angiography are used increasingly to assess arterial patency in patients with ischemic stroke. We determined which baseline angiography features predict response to intravenous thrombolytics in ischemic stroke using randomized controlled trial data. METHODS We analyzed angiograms from the IST-3 (Third International...

After aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, most center practices treatment modality selection based on size and geometry in computed tomographic angiography. However, the validity as compared to digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is not well studied. Twenty patients with ruptured internal carotid artery aneurysm were identified in a two-year period. Mean difference in measurements from 3D com...