A pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood clot that has developed elsewhere in your body (often in your arm or leg) travels through your bloodstream to your lungs and becomes stuck in a blood vessel.

A new clinical classification system is presented to define the severity of an acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and assist in developing adult treatment strategies in a clinical practice guideline issued ...

A subsegmental pulmonary embolism is a blood clot located on a distal, or distant and less central, branch of the pulmonary arteries. Treatment can depend on symptoms and risk factors. A subsegmental ...

What Is a Pulmonary Embolism? A pulmonary embolism (PE) happens when a blood clot suddenly blocks an artery that supplies blood to your lungs. Pulmonary embolism happens when a blood clot travels ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

A screening blood test originally validated in seriously ill patients without COVID-19 is still clinically useful for ruling out pulmonary embolism in patients hospitalized with the coronavirus, a ...

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 ...

Catherine O’Hara’s death from a pulmonary embolism has drawn attention to this serious condition in which a blood clot lodges in the lungs. Dr. Leana Wen explains.