But these clots rarely lead to pulmonary embolism. In rare cases, pulmonary embolism may be caused by other substances. They include: Small masses of infectious material. Fat. It can be released into ...

Pulmonary embolism remains a diagnostic challenge, but recent advances in serologic testing (D-dimer) and improved imaging methods (multidetector computed tomographic scanning) have allowed much ...

Medically reviewed by Josephine Hessert, DO Pulmonary angiography is a test that studies blood flow in your lungs. Its ...

Background: Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) may be rapidly fatal if ... We studied 400 consecutive patients in the ED diagnosed with acute PE by CT scan angiography and treated in the hospital ...

Recently, a less well understood counterpart, termed "nontraumatic fat embolism," has been recognized. In documenting the first case of pulmonary and systemic fat embolism as a complication of ...