Chris Graham talks with Dr. Andrew Mihalek, an associate professor at the UVA School of Medicine, to learn about pulmonary embolism – from the warning signs that you may have a blood clot to treatment ...

Physicians appear to place lower importance on factors that may lead to diagnosis of pulmonary embolism when evaluating patients with dementia who present with shortness of breath, a new study finds.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA -- Blood clots are a serious problem that can occur anywhere in the body. But when they travel to the lungs and become a pulmonary embolism, they can threaten your life. Nicole ...

A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that blocks the lung’s arteries. Blood clots do not show on chest X-rays. However, these X-rays may help doctors rule out other health conditions with similar ...

Coughing up blood — a symptom known as hemoptysis — can be a sign of several different conditions. Many of these conditions can be serious, and some even life threatening. One of the conditions in ...

Ask a Black Doctor: Pulmonary Embolism Explained was featured in the January/February 2022 issue of ESSENCE — on newsstands now. Rachel Marie Bond, M.D.: You can get a blood clot if you have certain ...

Healthcare professionals create care plans to help manage conditions such as pulmonary embolism. Planning may help improve outcomes and prevent future occurrences of the condition. Care plans are an ...

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CONSIDERABLE progress has been made in recent years in the understanding of thromboembolic disease and also in the ability to diagnose acute pulmonary embolism. Radiologists have learned to interpret ...