Septic emboli are infected blood clots. They break free and travel through the bloodstream, where they get lodged and block a blood vessel. Septic means having a systemic illness caused by an ...

A 39‑year‑old man was admitted to the hospital for altered mental status. One week prior to the admission, the patient had a moped accident. His past medical history was remarkable for polysubstance ...

It was with these considerations in mind that we undertook to examine our own experience with arterial emboli to determine what place, if any, the operation of embolectomy should play in the therapy ...

Fat embolism management may consist of a combination of supportive care and medications, as well as orthopedic surgery to help address related bone fractures. Fat embolism refers to a collection of ...

Systemic air emboli, both arterial and venous, are an uncommon complication of lung biopsy guided by computed tomography (CT). Direct communication between the vasculature and air source with a ...

Validation of diagnosis codes to identify side of colon in an electronic health record registry. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does ...

Ischemic strokes are frequently caused by emboli. Emboli have a propensity to lodge in certain areas. In the right internal carotid artery (ICA) angiogram shown above [centered where the distal ...

Several mechanisms could explain the translocation of embolic material outside the vessel lumen. One possibility is that it occurs by mechanisms similar to the translocation of leukocytes through the ...

Phase 2 results of ABT-751 in subjects with taxane-refractory breast cancer: Interim analysis No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2005 ASCO ...