Vadodara: A 15-year-old boy who struggled with fatigue and shortness of breath for almost a year underwent pulmonary angiography at a city hospital for a large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation ...

Pulmonary angiography is an X-ray procedure that looks at the blood vessels leading to and from your lungs. The X-rays produced are called pulmonary angiograms, which may show blood clots in and ...

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are rare vascular anomalies characterized by direct connections between pulmonary arteries and veins, leading to right-to-left shunts and hypoxemia.

PULMONARY angiography is potentially the most positive means for diagnosing thromboembolism of the lung. The importance of such a procedure can hardly be overstated when one is dealing with a ...

Although uncommon in the general population, PAVMs are an important consideration in the differential diagnosis of hypoxemia, pulmonary nodules, or hemoptysis, and should also be considered in ...

Smoking reduces the chances of a successful procedure to treat blood vessel abnormalities in the lungs, according to a study published in the journal Radiology. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations ...

The natural history of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension has been difficult to determine because a subgroup of patients have had occult pulmonary embolism, with subtle clues to the ...

The routine use of computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography for the detection of pulmonary emboli has led to overdiagnosis of the condition, according to a new study published online July 2 in ...

Decision Support Tools Help Optimize Acute PE Detection The increased use of computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography is associated with increased incidence of pulmonary embolism among U.S.