Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Genetic protein S (PS) deficiency caused by PROS1 gene mutation is an important risk factor for hereditary thrombophilia.Case introductionIn this case, we report a 28-year-old male patient who developed a severe pulmonary embolism during his visit. Ultrasound showed no thrombosis in the veins of both lower limbs.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JUNE 25, 2024

ResultsLogistic regression analysis identified lower extremity deep venous thrombosis, elevated D-dimer, shortened activated partial prothrombin time, and increased red blood cell distribution width as potential independent risk factors for PE. Clinical benefit was assessed using decision curve analysis (DCA).ResultsLogistic

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 14, 2024

Its use has been approved in the adult population with heart failure and described for pulmonary hypertension (PH). There were two early and one late device thrombosis. Background The Occlutech Atrial Flow Regulator (AFR) is a self-expandable double-disc nitinol device with a central fenestration.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 25, 2025

Inferior vena cava (IVC) agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly that has been implicated in up to 5% of unprovoked deep vein thrombosis (DVT) cases in young men under 30 years old. We present the case of a 28-year-old obese Caucasian male who arrived at our hospital with significant pain and swelling in his right lower extremity.

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Heart 2023 Conference

APRIL 20, 2022

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology) A role for hemoglobin in atherosclerosis is supported by a study that used serial coronary CT angiography to demonstrate an association between persistently low serum hemoglobin levels and greater changes in coronary plaque volume.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Phlegmasia cerulea dolens (PCD) is a rare yet severe complication of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), characterized by a high amputation rate and mortality. Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial in managing this condition. PCD predominantly affects the lower extremities rather than the upper extremities.

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DAIC

MAY 31, 2024

The Prevalence of Hypertension in Young Athletes: A Community-Based Screening Analysis Social Disparities, Experiences with Discrimination, and Cardiovascular Phenotypes in Black and White Collegiate American-Style Football Players Exercise-Induced Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest in a Firefighter Using Intramuscular Testosterone with Segmental (..)

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 29, 2025

BackgroundThe VenaTech Convertible Vena Cava Filter (VTCF) is a device designed for insertion into the inferior vena cava (IVC) to prevent life-threatening pulmonary embolism (PE).

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EMS 12-Lead

APRIL 9, 2024

The CXR demonstrated no pulmonary edema. Sudden narrowing of a coronary artery due to ACS (plaque rupture with thrombosis and/or downstream showering of platelet-fibrin aggregates). There was equally no anemia, sepsis, or hypoxia—only transient hypotension in the field. The Trop I returned 0.051 ng/mL, and cardiology was requested.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In severe OHSS, increases in capillary permeability can result in hemoconcentration and hypercoagulability leading to thrombotic events, including stroke and cerebral venous thrombosis. Within the HCUP cohort, fewer than 10 patients (<1%) were hospitalized with a stroke or thrombotic event within 60 days of OHSS diagnosis.

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Ken Grauer, MD

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

These 2 settings are: i ) In patients with severe , often longstanding pulmonary disease ; and / or , ii ) In acutely ill patients with multi-system disease ( ie, sepsis, shock, electrolyte and/or acid-base disorders ). Hypoxic injury ( from pneumonia or other acute pulmonary complication ). Acute pulmonary embolus.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Abstract: Venous thromboembolism (VTE), comprising deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), stands as the third leading cause of vascular-related mortality on a global scale.

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Open Heart

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

to 10)), pulmonary embolism (24.6 to 44.9)) and deep venous thrombosis (7.8 (4.3 Most studies had a high risk of bias. COVID-19 likely increases relative risk (RR (95% CI)) of myocardial infarction (3.3 (1.0 to 11.0)), stroke (3.5 (1.2 Other RTIs also likely increase the RR of myocardial infarction (2.9 (95% 95% CI 1.8 95% CI 1.1

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Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Abstract: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a mechanical support treatment modality utilized in patients with refractory cardiac and/or pulmonary failure. This review of the evidence for bivalirudin utilization in ECMO suggests favorable outcomes in circuit-related thrombosis, bleeding, and dosing reliability.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 4, 2024

Background Left atrial (LA) hemodynamics after lung lobectomies with pulmonary vein (PV) resection is widely understood to be a risk factor for LA thrombosis.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction:Venous thromboembolism (VTE)manifesting as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolus (PE) and arterial thromboembolism (ATE) manifesting as acute ischemic stroke (AIS) result in ~1 million US deaths annually. Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP7-ATP7, February 1, 2025.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A 42-year-old female with SLE, lupus cerebritis with related seizure disorder, and mesenteric venous thrombosis on warfarin initially presented for syncope. Pulmonary valve involvement is rare in LSE, and development of new disease while on recommended medical therapy represents unusual disease progression.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

She had idiopathic ventricular fibrillation in 1992, treated with an EPD (Picture 1A), later replaced by a transvenous ICD.She was diagnosed with left femoral deep venous thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary embolism and started on therapeutic anticoagulation.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

HIT patients had significantly higher rates of deep vein thrombosis (p < 0.01), pulmonary embolism (p < 0.01), central venous sinus thrombosis (p = 0.01), pneumonia (p < 0.01), urinary tract infection (p < 0.01), acute kidney injury (p < 0.01), and cerebral vasospasm (p < 0.01).

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Patients were drawn from neurology, cardiology, and other services. Descriptive statistics were used to compare trends across these groups.Results:Of the 3,966 patients, AF was the most common diagnosis (47.16% self-pay, 67.14% insured), followed by DVT and PE.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As in all ischemia interpretations with OMI findings, the findings can be due to type 1 AMI (example: acute coronary plaque rupture and thrombosis) or type 2 AMI (with or without fixed CAD, with severe regional supply/demand mismatch essentially equaling zero blood flow). CT angiogram showed extensive saddle pulmonary embolism.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Adverse vascular outcomes used as endpoints include acute ischemic stroke, acute myocardial infarction, deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism, AF, and carotid artery dissection.A Patients with any adverse vascular outcomes before the index ECG were excluded. The mean age at the time of the index ECG was 44.3

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In terms of complications, patients within the AKI cohort had lower rates of decompressive hemicraniectomy (1.37% vs. 2.38%, p = 0.52) and, interestingly, cerebral vasospasms (4.47% vs. 8.22%, p < 0.01).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

CT angiogram chest: no aortic dissection or pulmonary embolism. Serial chest xrays: progressive bilateral pulmonary edema. This may occur as a result of blunt chest trauma or other acute stress that produces a sudden extreme shear force on a coronary artery ( that can result in an intimal tear that leads to intraluminal thrombosis ).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

Old ‘NSTEMI’ A history of coronary artery disease and a stent to the same territory further increases pre-test likelihood of acute coronary occlusion, including in-stent thrombosis. This is diagnostic is inferior OMI , accompanied by inferior Q waves, and with a flat ST segment in V2 that could indicate posterior extension.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 20, 2020

Nevertheless, I don't think a thrombosis related type I MI was ruled out here simply because the patient refused further evaluation. P.S.: Keep in mind that competing conditions ( ie, hyperkalemia, acute infarction, conduction defects, pulmonary disease ) may mask ECG diagnosis of LVH. The ECG is simply not optimally accurate.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 19, 2020

pulmonary embolism, sepsis, etc.), Coronary thrombosis or embolism can result in MINOCA, either with or without a hypercoagulable state. Diagnosis of MINOCA should be made according to the Fourth Universal Definition of MI, in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) (no lesion ≥50%). myocarditis).

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DAIC

MAY 7, 2024

Women and black patients were less frequently treated with minimally invasive therapy compared to men or non-Black patients, according to new data from the REAL-PE analysis which investigated catheter-based pulmonary embolism (PE) treatment. Late-breaking results from the study, for which Sahil A. PE affects around 900,000 people in the U.S.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:COVID-19 infection has thus emerged to be a new risk factor for Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (CVT). Acute ischemic stroke (AIS), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), epilepsy, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism were secondary outcomes. All-cause mortality was the primary outcome.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction:Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients are prone to medical complications such as acute kidney injury (AKI), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB), pneumonia, pulmonary embolism (PE), sepsis, and urinary tract infection (UTI).

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 30, 2025

This study reports a rare case of concurrent AMI and pulmonary thromboembolism in a patient diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.Case presentationA 70-year-old woman presented with acute chest pain and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, prompting immediate percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with the deployment of a drug-eluting stent.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

We recorded several key outcomes, including early and late intervention-related complications, the need for reintervention, the interval between the NP and the first intervention, shunt patency following the intervention, associated morbidities, and thrombosis-related sudden events. kg), respectively.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

stroke), peripheral arterial disease, congenital heart anomalies, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) encompass a range of disorders affecting the heart and blood vessels, such as coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease (e.g.,

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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%.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 14, 2025

A 10mm-diameter steel ball was placed on patient's body surface at the pulmonary valve auscultation zone before procedure. Finally, the success rate of Watchman device implantation is 98.8%, with no serious intra-procedure complication. 2 patients (1.2%) occurred pericardial tamponade after procedure.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 21, 2025

Bedside POCUS showed very poor LV function and a few pulmonary B lines. A Chest X-ray did not show pulmonary edema. This was most likely acute thrombosis of a coronary artery resulting in OMI: The ECG changes were attributed to hyperkalemia. He was put on BiPAP. The dye don't lie".except except when it does.

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