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Caracterización de los pacientes con enfermedades vasculares periféricas fallecidos en un período de cuatro años
Characterization of patients with peripheral vascular diseases who died in a period of four years

Introducción: Las enfermedades vasculares periféricas constituyen un problema de salud en el ámbito mundial por resultar causa importante de discapacidad y de invalidez. Objetivo: Caracterizar a los pacientes con enfermedades vasculares periféricas fallecidos en un período de cuatro años. Método: ...

Is routine screening for silent pulmonary embolism justified in patients with deep vein thrombosis?

Abstract The incidence of asymptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE) exceeds 70% in patients with deep venous thrombosis (DVT), even in cases of distal deep vein thrombosis. We report the case of a patient with a diagnosis of DVT in the lower left limb associated with asymptomatic PE who presented late symptom...

Incidence, diagnosis, treatment methods, and outcomes of clinically suspected venous thromboembolic disease in patients with COVID-19 in a quaternary hospital in Brazil

Abstract Background Prothrombotic states have been associated with viral infections and the novel Sars-COV-2 infection has been associated with elevated D-dimer levels, although no causal relation has been clearly established. Objectives This study presents an epidemiological analysis of manifest VTE e...

Oclusão arterial aguda consequente a embolia paradoxal - relato de caso e revisão de literatura

Resumo A embolia paradoxal é a transposição de um trombo originário da circulação sistêmica venosa para a arterial através de um defeito cardíaco, mais comumente o forame oval pérvio (FOP). A manifestação mais comum é o acidente cerebrovascular. A oclusão arterial aguda (OAA) é rara, reque...

Embolia pulmonar o trombosis pulmonar in situ en coagulopatía asociada a COVID-19 neumónico grave: ¿tiene algún rol la trombólisis sistémica?
Pulmonary embolism or pulmonary thrombosis in situ in severe pneumonic COVID-19 associated coagulopathy: does systemic thrombolysis have a role?

Medicina (B.Aires); 80 (5), 2020

Infecção pelo SARS-Cov-2 e Tromboembolismo Pulmonar - Comportamento Pró - Trombótico da COVID-19

Arq. bras. cardiol; 115 (1), 2020

Thrombolysis in acute pulmonary embolism

SUMMARY OBJECTIVES Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is an important cause of cardiovascular mortality, due mainly to hemodynamic instability. In these cases, the recommendation is to perform some reperfusion procedure, with systemic thrombolysis being the main therapy used. However, national data evaluat...

Lung cavities in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVES: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a unique form of pulmonary hypertension (PH) that arises from obstruction of the pulmonary vessels by recanalized thromboembolic material. CTEPH has a wide range of radiologic presentations. Commonly, it presents as main pulmonary arter...

Trombo serpiginoso em átrio direito: apresentação atípica de tromboembolismo pulmonar. Relato de caso

O tromboembolismo pulmonar é um grave problema de saúde pública devido ao subdiagnóstico e às elevadas morbidade e mortalidade. Quando a embolia pulmonar é maciça com repercussão hemodinâmica importante e a terapia adequada não ocorre nas primeiras horas, a mortalidade é superior a 85%. Na ...