A 60-year-old woman nonsmoker presented with a 3-month history of progressive dyspnea, cough, sputum production, and weight loss. She worked as a librarian in an old building and reported no prior ...

5 Université Jean-Monnet, UMR 1059, SAINBIOSE; INSERM CIC 1408, Saint-Étienne, France Background The prevalence of venous thromboembolic event (VTE) and arterial thromboembolic event (ATE) ...

Introduction Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC), such as pneumonia and atelectasis are associated with poor outcomes following thoracotomy and lung resection, with risk factors identified.

Introduction Clot-in-transit (CIT) is a rare but critical manifestation of venous thromboembolism, carrying an immediate risk of embolization into the pulmonary circulation and high morbidity and ...

Survival in Men With Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer Treated With Hormone Therapy: A Quantitative Systematic Review We searched the Cochrane Library and PubMed from 1966 until April 2007 for ...

A joint clinical practice guideline from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in collaboration with eight other societies provides guidance to physicians ...

Evaluation for pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with cancer must include either lung ventilation/perfusion scan or dual-energy computed tomography of the chest to evaluate for acute and/or ...

A new clinical classification scheme is presented, entitled “Acute Pulmonary Embolism Clinical Categories,” with 5 categories (A-E) and subcategories, ranging from low to high risk for adverse ...

Axial MRI or CT scans of the lower lung fields. In A, axial T1-weighted post-contrast MRI sequence revealing bilateral lung parenchymal alterations enhanced by the paramagnetic contrast agent. In B, ...