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 ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in individuals over the age of 50 years. We report a case of CNV secondary to septic emboli from ...

The purpose of this study was to present 11 patients operated on owing to rare forms of peripheral arterial embolism at the Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases of the Serbian Clinical Center over a ...

Vascular. 2007;15(4):215-220. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are of paramount importance because if mycotic aneurysms are left untreated, they carry high percentages of morbidity and mortality owing ...

IN recent years interest in pulmonary embolization has centered largely about preventive measures, with emphasis on leg-vein ligation and anticoagulant therapy. 1,2 The principal cause for concern has ...

The report was released Wednesday which indicated the cause of her July 2021 death was septic emboli in the brain. A British pilot trainee has died after a mosquito bite on her forehead eventually led ...

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 ...

A previously healthy 35-year-old man was brought to the emergency department by his family because they were concerned that he was confused. He had experienced five days of flu-like symptoms with ...

TCT 560: A Challenging PCI in a Thrombotic Aberrant Coronary in The Setting of a Myocardial Infarction Further Complicated by no Flow/Slow Flow and Inadvertent Wire Loss After Ostial Stenting Receive ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: During my recent visit with my optometrist, a retinal embolus (a Hollenhorst plaque) was discovered in my right eye. It was stated that this embolus could possibly dislodge, travel to ...

Group B streptococcal bacteremia with septic arthritis is a rare complication of second trimester dilation and evacuation, and may cause substantial post-operative morbidity. A 37-year-old gravida 4 ...