In 2020, she experienced a saddle pulmonary embolism – a life-threatening condition involving a blood clot that can obstruct blood flow to both lungs. The doctor who treated her embolism had some ...

I collapsed and suffered a mild concussion and laceration on my forehead when my glasses broke. As it turned out, I had a massive saddle pulmonary embolism in all the lobes of my lungs. I had a ...

The AHA has published a scientific statement regarding disparities in current pulmonary embolism management and outcomes.

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in patients classified as acute, ...

A new study investigating D-dimer testing in patients who are at higher risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) has been published in the February issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), the peer ...

Aaron Holley, MD, writes that it takes a 'physiologic village' to create activity intolerance after pulmonary embolism, and ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of the main artery of the lung or one of its branches by a substance that has travelled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism).