Mycotic aneurysms of the extracranial carotid artery are uncommon and always warrant surgical treatment to prevent eventual rupture and death. Septic embolization to the brain is an even rarer ...

July 19, 2010 — General surgery patients are more likely to have sepsis and septic shock than pulmonary embolism (PE) and myocardial infarction (MI), according to the results of a retrospective review ...

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 ...

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 ...