If your result is above the lab’s standard range, your doctor will likely order additional tests and imaging to find an explanation. »Learn more about pulmonary embolism. A D-dimer result above ...

Aaron Holley, MD, writes that it takes a 'physiologic village' to create activity intolerance after pulmonary embolism, and ...

A new study investigating D-dimer testing in patients who are at higher risk of pulmonary embolism (PE ... these high-risk patients undergo chest imaging (CI) without D-dimer testing, although ...

Technetium Tc 99m pentetate is a radioactive diagnostic most often used for lung ventilation imaging and evaluation of pulmonary embolism when paired with perfusion imaging in adult and pediatric ...

The AHA has published a scientific statement regarding disparities in current pulmonary embolism management and outcomes.

Around 1 month later, the patient was admitted to an NHS Trust hospital and diagnosed with bilateral pulmonary embolism, which required a 6-month course of rivaroxaban for treatment. The patient ...