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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

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Lobo JL, Jiménez D; en nombre de los autores del Consenso
Arch Bronconeumol 2021 Sep;57(9):612. Epub 2021 Jul 3 doi: 10.1016/j.arbr.2021.06.014. PMID: 35702921
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

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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
Med Lett Drugs Ther 2019 Aug 26;61(1579):136. PMID: 31581159
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Diagnosis

Fukamachi D, Okumura Y
Intern Med 2023 Feb 1;62(3):489-490. Epub 2022 Jul 5 doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.0017-22. PMID: 35793955Free PMC Article
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
Han J, Xiang H, Ridley WE, Ridley LJ
J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol 2018 Oct;62 Suppl 1:38. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.25_12785. PMID: 30309138
Banyai AL
Chest 1976 Jan;69(1):38. doi: 10.1378/chest.69.1.38. PMID: 1244284
Gurewich V
Cardiovasc Clin 1973;5(1):273-85. PMID: 4589964

Therapy

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
Med Lett Drugs Ther 2019 Aug 26;61(1579):136. PMID: 31581159
Deepanjali S, Swaminathan RP, Bammigatti C, Arunkumar S, Balamurugan N, Karthikeyan B, Ramesh A
QJM 2014 Jul;107(7):581-2. Epub 2013 Nov 12 doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hct226. PMID: 24222701
Dehring DJ, Arens JF
Anesthesiology 1990 Jul;73(1):146-64. PMID: 2193557
Gurewich V
Cardiovasc Clin 1973;5(1):273-85. PMID: 4589964

Prognosis

Gongolli J, Vanderschaegen A, Renfrow S, Collins KD, Prahlow JA
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2024 Dec 1;45(4):e104-e106. Epub 2024 Mar 27 doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000938. PMID: 38534129
Grimes Z, Bryce C, Sordillo EM, Gordon RE, Reidy J, Paniz Mondolfi AE, Fowkes M
Cardiovasc Pathol 2020 Sep-Oct;48:107227. Epub 2020 May 12 doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2020.107227. PMID: 32718733Free PMC Article
Margiotta G, Coletti A, Severini S, Tommolini F, Lancia M
Adv Exp Med Biol 2017;906:407-418. doi: 10.1007/5584_2016_130. PMID: 27620313
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
McIntyre KM, Sasahara AA, Sharma GV
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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
Miyagawa M, Okumura Y, Fukamachi D, Fukuda I, Nakamura M, Yamada N, Takayama M, Maeda H, Yamashita T, Ikeda T, Mo M, Yamazaki T, Hirayama A
Int Heart J 2022 Mar 30;63(2):255-263. Epub 2022 Mar 18 doi: 10.1536/ihj.21-390. PMID: 35185088
Margiotta G, Coletti A, Severini S, Tommolini F, Lancia M
Adv Exp Med Biol 2017;906:407-418. doi: 10.1007/5584_2016_130. PMID: 27620313
Mehta S, Vachiéry JL
Eur Respir Rev 2016 Dec;25(142):372-380. doi: 10.1183/16000617.0104-2016. PMID: 27903659Free PMC Article
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
Kumar N, Flores AS, Mitchell J, Hussain N, Kumar JE, Wang J, Fitzsimons M, Dalia AA, Essandoh M, Black SM, Schenk AD, Stein E, Turner K, Sawyer TR, Iyer MH
Am J Transplant 2023 Aug;23(8):1227-1240. Epub 2023 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.04.029. PMID: 37156300
Andrade I, García A, Mercedes E, León F, Velasco D, Rodríguez C, Pintado B, Pérez A, Jiménez D
Arch Bronconeumol (Engl Ed) 2020 May;56(5):306-313. Epub 2019 Nov 26 doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2019.08.025. PMID: 31784347
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
Theofanidis D, Gibbon B
J Vasc Nurs 2016 Dec;34(4):144-151. doi: 10.1016/j.jvn.2016.07.001. PMID: 27863592

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