If a doctor suspects you may have a pulmonary embolism (PE), a CT scan is the gold standard of imaging techniques. This painless scan uses intravenous (IV) contrast, a type of dye, to help the doctor ...

What Is Pulmonary Vascular Disease? The definition of pulmonary vascular disease is simple: any condition that affects the blood vessels along the route between the heart and lungs. Blood travels from ...

Computed tomography, a highly accurate, readily available medical imaging technique, is the overwhelmingly preferred technique of emergency physicians and radiologists for the diagnosis of pulmonary ...

A CT scan of healthy lungs looks typical in size with no inflammation, allowing the diaphragm to dome. Lungs with emphysema can look overinflated, with muscle loss, making the diaphragm misshapen. The ...

An AI tool for detection of incidental pulmonary embolus (iPE) on conventional contrast-enhanced chest CT examinations had high NPV and moderate PPV, even finding some iPEs missed by radiologists.

Qureight’s Vascul8 model has been validated in a peer-reviewed study marking a significant advance in the treatment of pulmonary vascular disorders. The AI-powered imaging platform demonstrated its ...

Thus, the pattern of the resolution of pulmonary vascular disease after mitral-valve surgery is not clear. Furthermore, the influence of cardiopulmonary bypass and the characteristics of the ...

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information by sharing relevant background and reasoning ...

DALLAS and WASHINGTON - Early detection and prompt treatment of acute pulmonary embolism (PE), a sudden and potentially life-threatening blood clot that blocks arteries in the lungs, is ...