SAN FRANCISCO -- Patients who experience tachycardia -- either symptomatic or asymptomatic -- following knee replacement surgery are most likely to trigger an imaging examination to determine if the ...

Systemic air emboli, both arterial and venous, are an uncommon complication of lung biopsy guided by computed tomography (CT). Direct communication between the vasculature and air source with a ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: During my recent visit with my optometrist, a retinal embolus (a Hollenhorst plaque) was discovered in my right eye. It was stated that this embolus could possibly dislodge, travel to ...

Ischemic strokes are frequently caused by emboli. Emboli have a propensity to lodge in certain areas. In the right internal carotid artery (ICA) angiogram shown above [centered where the distal ...

The routine use of computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography for the detection of pulmonary emboli has led to overdiagnosis of the condition, according to a new study published online July 2 in ...

Fat embolism management may consist of a combination of supportive care and medications, as well as orthopedic surgery to help address related bone fractures. Fat embolism refers to a collection of ...

A 55 year-old woman presented with confusion, right sided weakness and new onset atrial fibrillation. Shower of Emboli: Diffusion weighted MRI axial images. Note the multiple areas of diffusion ...

A genetically engineered epothilone analog as a novel oral microtubule inhibitor: A clinical study of utidelone capsule for advanced breast cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO ...

Validation of diagnosis codes to identify side of colon in an electronic health record registry. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does ...