... with changes in PAP and pulmonary vascular resistance measured directly by cardiac catheterization. The study was performed in 33 patients with chronic pulmonary disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or pulmonary fibrosis) or pulmonary thromboembolism, during room air and 100% oxygen breathing...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Lung scanning Preoperative lung studies Pulmonary chest surgery Pulmonary thromboembolism Pulmonary embolism Respiration 32: 46-61 (1975) Indications for Lung Scintigraphy Vincent...

... ventilation perfusion scans showed multiple bilateral perfusion defects in all patients, chest CT or pulmonary angiography demonstrated pulmonary thromboembolism in only 2 of the 6 patients. These 2 patients subsequently underwent pulmonary endarterectomy. Another patient required heart-lung transplantation...

... of lower extremities in all cases and spiral computed tomography of the thorax in cases with a suspicion of pulmonary thromboembolism were performed. A questionnaire was used to take a detailed history. In addition to routine laboratory tests, chest X-ray, postbronchodilator spirometry, arterial blood gas...

... are available for its use in acute pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). Objective: To determine whether enoxaparin, a LMWH, was clinically as efficient and safe as UFH in patients with a diagnosis of acute PTE. Material and Methods: After exclusion of those with massive forms, 59 patients with acute PTE were...

... derivate of fibrin, has been reported to be elevated in acute myocardial infarction [ 10 ], unstable angina [ 11 ], and deep venous thrombosis [ 12 ], as well as in patients with suspected PE [ 13, 14, 15 ]. D dimer Pulmonary thromboembolism Pneumonia There is an important overlap of plasma...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Migratory opacities Pulmonary thromboembolism Anti-coagulant proteins Deep vein thrombosis Case Report Respiration 1998;65:492 494 Received: January 4, 1996 Accepted after revision: January 15, 1998 Kentaro Wakamatsu a Hiromasa...