2013 Embolism Thrombosis 
CardiacWire
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
IVC filters are used to prevent pulmonary embolism in patients with venous thromboembolism and can’t receive anticoagulation treatment. Patients who didn’t have their IVC filters removed had significant rates of filter-related complications (1.4%), caval thrombosis (2.2%), DVT hospital visits (9.2%), and new deep vein thrombosis (21.2%).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
MINOCA may be due to: coronary spasm, coronary microvascular dysfunction, plaque disruption, spontaneous coronary thrombosis/emboli , and coronary dissection; myocardial disorders, including myocarditis, takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and other cardiomyopathies. This is in spite of the known proclivity of tighter stenoses to thrombose.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The commonest causes of MINOCA include: atherosclerotic causes such as plaque rupture or erosion with spontaneous thrombolysis, and non-atherosclerotic causes such as coronary vasospasm (sometimes called variant angina or Prinzmetal's angina), coronary embolism or thrombosis, possibly microvascular dysfunction.
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
However, after the procedure, moderate pericardial effusion developed in one patient (0.7%) and an acute pulmonary embolism related to femoral vein thrombosis was observed in one patient (0.7%) during the first month. All of the patients had a >10 mm long-tunnel PFO.ResultsThe procedural success rate was 100%.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 8, 2025
Third, a slow motion segment showing delayed, brisk filling of the PDA due to dislodgment of a thrombus from contrast injection and distal embolization. A distal RCA lesion ( blue arrow ), Delayed brisk filling of an initially occluded PDA due to a thrombus dislodged during injection which embolized distally. SanzRuiz, R.,
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