New guidelines from the American Heart Association and ACC warn that pulmonary embolism, a sudden lung artery blockage, can turn fatal within hours. Often underdiagnosed, symptoms like breathlessness ...

Maternal mortality historically has been reported to be as high as 9% to 50% 1–4 in women with pulmonary hypertension (PH). This mortality increase is thought to be related to the already strained ...

Elizabeth Simms was 27 and pregnant when she was struck with a life-threatening pulmonary embolism. Her fourth pregnancy had been generally uncomplicated. Elizabeth was busy chasing her three young ...

The burden of atherosclerosis may have prognostic implications for patients affected by venous thromboembolism (VTE). We aimed to assess the association of the presence and extent of atherosclerotic ...