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Pulmonary thromboembolism

MedGen UID:
141829
Concept ID:
C0524702
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Pulmonary Thromboembolism; Pulmonary Thromboembolisms; Thromboembolism, Pulmonary; Thromboembolisms, Pulmonary
SNOMED CT: Pulmonary thromboembolism (233935004); PTE - Pulmonary thromboembolism (233935004); PE - Pulmonary thromboembolism (233935004)
 
HPO: HP:0034192

Definition

Pulmonary embolism is caused by emboli, which have originated from venous thrombi, traveling to and occluding the arteries of the lung. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPulmonary thromboembolism

Conditions with this feature

Dilated cardiomyopathy 1S
MedGen UID:
371831
Concept ID:
C1834481
Disease or Syndrome
Any familial isolated dilated cardiomyopathy in which the cause of the disease is a mutation in the MYH7 gene.

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Palm V, Rengier F, Rajiah P, Heussel CP, Partovi S
Rofo 2020 Jan;192(1):38-49. Epub 2019 May 28 doi: 10.1055/a-0900-4200. PMID: 31137046
Ruohoniemi DM, Sista AK, Doany CF, Heerdt PM
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2018 Feb;31(1):75-82. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000550. PMID: 29206697
Haddad RN, Mielniczuk LM
Can J Cardiol 2015 Apr;31(4):382-90. Epub 2015 Jan 28 doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.01.018. PMID: 25840091

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Mi YH, Xu MY
Chin J Traumatol 2022 Mar;25(2):67-76. Epub 2021 Aug 5 doi: 10.1016/j.cjtee.2021.08.003. PMID: 34404569Free PMC Article
Majima T, Oshima Y
J Nippon Med Sch 2021 Sep 1;88(4):268-272. Epub 2021 Apr 19 doi: 10.1272/jnms.JNMS.2021_88-418. PMID: 33867423
Ruohoniemi DM, Sista AK, Doany CF, Heerdt PM
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2018 Feb;31(1):75-82. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000550. PMID: 29206697
Yakar A, Yakar F, Ziyade N, Yıldız M, Üzün I
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2016 Apr;20(7):1323-6. PMID: 27097953
Goggs R, Benigni L, Fuentes VL, Chan DL
J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) 2009 Feb;19(1):30-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2009.00388.x. PMID: 19691584

Diagnosis

Sánchez Quirós B, Ruiz López N, López Herrero R, Bartolomé Bartolomé C
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed) 2020 Apr;67(4):208-211. Epub 2020 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.redar.2020.01.005. PMID: 32139116
Palm V, Rengier F, Rajiah P, Heussel CP, Partovi S
Rofo 2020 Jan;192(1):38-49. Epub 2019 May 28 doi: 10.1055/a-0900-4200. PMID: 31137046
Abdel Razek AAK
J Comput Assist Tomogr 2019 Sep/Oct;43(5):786-792. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000895. PMID: 31609295
Goggs R, Benigni L, Fuentes VL, Chan DL
J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) 2009 Feb;19(1):30-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2009.00388.x. PMID: 19691584
Bongartz G, Boos M, Scheffler K, Steinbrich W
Eur Radiol 1998;8(5):698-706. doi: 10.1007/s003300050462. PMID: 9601955

Therapy

Mi YH, Xu MY
Chin J Traumatol 2022 Mar;25(2):67-76. Epub 2021 Aug 5 doi: 10.1016/j.cjtee.2021.08.003. PMID: 34404569Free PMC Article
Majima T, Oshima Y
J Nippon Med Sch 2021 Sep 1;88(4):268-272. Epub 2021 Apr 19 doi: 10.1272/jnms.JNMS.2021_88-418. PMID: 33867423
Ruohoniemi DM, Sista AK, Doany CF, Heerdt PM
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2018 Feb;31(1):75-82. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000550. PMID: 29206697
Wang C, Zhai Z, Yang Y, Wu Q, Cheng Z, Liang L, Dai H, Huang K, Lu W, Zhang Z, Cheng X, Shen YH; China Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Study Group
Chest 2010 Feb;137(2):254-62. Epub 2009 Sep 9 doi: 10.1378/chest.09-0765. PMID: 19741062Free PMC Article
Goggs R, Benigni L, Fuentes VL, Chan DL
J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) 2009 Feb;19(1):30-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2009.00388.x. PMID: 19691584

Prognosis

Pływaczewska M, Pruszczyk P, Kostrubiec M
Cardiol J 2022;29(5):858-865. Epub 2021 Jan 20 doi: 10.5603/CJ.a2021.0005. PMID: 33470418Free PMC Article
Sánchez Quirós B, Ruiz López N, López Herrero R, Bartolomé Bartolomé C
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed) 2020 Apr;67(4):208-211. Epub 2020 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.redar.2020.01.005. PMID: 32139116
Yakar A, Yakar F, Ziyade N, Yıldız M, Üzün I
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2016 Apr;20(7):1323-6. PMID: 27097953
Wang C, Zhai Z, Yang Y, Wu Q, Cheng Z, Liang L, Dai H, Huang K, Lu W, Zhang Z, Cheng X, Shen YH; China Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Study Group
Chest 2010 Feb;137(2):254-62. Epub 2009 Sep 9 doi: 10.1378/chest.09-0765. PMID: 19741062Free PMC Article
Goggs R, Benigni L, Fuentes VL, Chan DL
J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) 2009 Feb;19(1):30-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2009.00388.x. PMID: 19691584

Clinical prediction guides

Zhang Z, Li H, Weng H, Zhou G, Chen H, Yang G, Zhang P, Zhang X, Ji Y, Ying K, Liu B, Xu Q, Tang Y, Zhu G, Liu Z, Xia S, Yang X, Dong L, Zhu L, Zeng M, Yuan Y, Yang Y, Zhang N, Xu X, Pang W, Zhang M, Zhang Y, Zhen K, Wang D, Lei J, Wu S, Shu S, Zhang Y, Zhang S, Gao Q, Huang Q, Deng C, Fu X, Chen G, Duan W, Wan J, Xie W, Zhang P, Wang S, Yang P, Zuo X, Zhai Z, Wang C; China pUlmonary Thromboembolism REgistry Study (CURES) investigators
BMC Med 2023 Apr 19;21(1):153. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-02844-4. PMID: 37076872Free PMC Article
Urano T, Yasumoto A, Yokoyama K, Horiuchi H, Morishita E, Suzuki Y
Curr Drug Targets 2022;23(17):1567-1572. doi: 10.2174/1389450123666221005092350. PMID: 36200150
Silva Andrade B, Siqueira S, de Assis Soares WR, de Souza Rangel F, Santos NO, Dos Santos Freitas A, Ribeiro da Silveira P, Tiwari S, Alzahrani KJ, Góes-Neto A, Azevedo V, Ghosh P, Barh D
Viruses 2021 Apr 18;13(4) doi: 10.3390/v13040700. PMID: 33919537Free PMC Article
Yakar A, Yakar F, Ziyade N, Yıldız M, Üzün I
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2016 Apr;20(7):1323-6. PMID: 27097953
Wang C, Zhai Z, Yang Y, Wu Q, Cheng Z, Liang L, Dai H, Huang K, Lu W, Zhang Z, Cheng X, Shen YH; China Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Study Group
Chest 2010 Feb;137(2):254-62. Epub 2009 Sep 9 doi: 10.1378/chest.09-0765. PMID: 19741062Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Ghoshouni H, Shafaei B, Farzan M, Hashemi SM, Afshari-Safavi A, Ghaffary EM, Mohammadzamani M, Shaygannejad V, Shamloo AS, Mirmosayyeb O
J Thromb Thrombolysis 2023 Oct;56(3):463-473. Epub 2023 Jul 2 doi: 10.1007/s11239-023-02848-0. PMID: 37394561
Shuster R, Mathew J, Olaussen A, Gantner D, Varma D, Koukounaras J, Fitzgerald MC, Cameron PA, Mitra B
Injury 2018 Jan;49(1):1-7. Epub 2017 Aug 18 doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.08.024. PMID: 28843717
Kristensen AW, Mortensen J, Berg RM
Clin Transplant 2017 Apr;31(4) Epub 2017 Mar 5 doi: 10.1111/ctr.12922. PMID: 28150415
Theofanidis D, Gibbon B
J Vasc Nurs 2016 Dec;34(4):144-151. doi: 10.1016/j.jvn.2016.07.001. PMID: 27863592
Martínez F, Ramírez I, Pérez-Campos E, Latorre K, Lete I
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care 2012 Feb;17(1):7-29. doi: 10.3109/13625187.2011.643836. PMID: 22239262

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