Background Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a disease with a spectrum of manifestations
that include thrombophlebitis, DVT, and PE. Most pulmonary emboli have their origin in clots …

The necessity for critical care support and admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) is a
relatively infrequent occurrence during pregnancy and the postpartum period. The exact …

Pulmonary embolism (PE), along with the closely related condition of deep vein thrombosis,
affect an estimated 600 000 patients in the US per year. Untreated, PE carries a mortality …

Background: This prospective study explores the incidence of preoperative deep venous
thrombosis (DVT) in a group of patients with hip and femur fracture who for various reasons …

We searched the MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library databases for articles
published between January 1990 and November 2010. The update of this clinical practice …

Purpose: Lung segmentation is a fundamental step in many image analysis applications for
lung diseases and abnormalities in thoracic computed tomography (CT). The authors have …

To determine whether troponin I (cTnI) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction predict adverse
in-hospital outcomes in patients admitted to the Emergency Department (ED) with definite …

INTRODUCTION: Whether in patients with acute central sub-massive or non-massive
pulmonary embolism, mild troponin I increase (> 0.03 μg/L) predicts in-hospital occurrence …

Introduction Risk stratification in acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is crucial for identification
of patients with poor prognosis. We aimed to investigate the ECG alterations of right bundle …

Purpose: To investigate the proportion of pulmonary embolism (PE) on computed
tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and the proportion of coincidental PE on …