A 33-year-old “perfectly healthy” woman is issuing a warning to travelers after she nearly died from a massive blood clot in her lungs during a lengthy flight.

High-risk acute pulmonary embolism affects around 5% of all pulmonary embolisms and can take a dramatic course even in young ...

Once Jansson was transferred to Dubai’s Rashid Hospital, a wave of tests began. Finally came the diagnosis: she had suffered from a massive bilateral saddle pulmonary embolism—in other words, an ...

A postpartum blood clot, also known as postpartum venous thromboembolism (VTE), is a serious condition that can occur after ...

AND THEY ASKED. THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO LEAVE THE ROOM. BRADY SAYS DOCTORS LATER TOLD HIM IT WAS A PULMONARY EMBOLISM, THAT NEARLY KILLED AALIYAH. A BLOOD CLOT THAT MOVED TO HER LUNGS DURING HER C ...

A pulmonary embolism occurs when part of a blood clot breaks off from a deep vein in the body, travels up to an artery or vein in your lungs, and causes a blockage. It is a type of venous ...

Pulmonary embolism is the third leading cause of cardiovascular death behind heart attack and stroke. The signs of this ...

What do tennis icon Serena Williams, an NBC war correspondent, and the NBA's 20-year-old Victor Wembanyama have in common?

PE-related deaths among patients with cancer increased 44.3% between 2011 and 2020, rising by about 2.9% each year during the study period ( P <.001). On average, the age-adjusted mortality rate (AAMR ...

A current study involving the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) has investigated which treatment strategy offers the best ...

The incidence rate of pulmonary embolism-related hospitalizations in pediatric patients revealed that this outcome occurred ...