Venous thromboembolism in bullous pemphigoid: current evidence and update on systematic review by Atheer G. Almutairi, Abeer G. Almutairi, Rahaf R. Almutairi, Asem Shadid, Alhanouf A. Bin Dakhil, Lamia Alakrash

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Perioperative and mid-term results of trans-graft embolization of the hypogastric artery for treatment of type II endoleaks after endovascular aortic repair with off-label use of re-entry catheters by Filippo Griselli, MD, Alessia D’Andrea, MD, Sandro Lepidi, MD, Beatrice Grando, MD, Giovanni Badalamenti, MD, Mario D’Oria, MD

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Late Onset Hepatic Encephalopathy after Living Donor Liver Transplant: Successful Reversal by Plug Embolization of Shunt—A Report of Two Cases by Shahnawaz Bashir, Dibyalochan Praharaj, Adnan Khan, Subhash Gupta, Pragati Gakher

“…Here we report the cases of two patients who presented with hepatic encephalopathy 11 and 15 years after LT. Plug-assisted embolization of PS shunt led to significant improvement in their clinical and neurological symptoms, highlighting the importance of monitoring for PS shunts in long-term LT follow-up.…”
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Acute Bladder Necrosis after Pelvic Arterial Embolization for Pelvic Trauma: Lessons Learned from Two Cases of Immediate Postembolization Bladder Necrosis by Samuel Washington, E. Charles Osterberg, Sean P. Elliott, Adam B. Hittelman, Benjamin N. Breyer

“…We report two cases of acute bladder injury with bladder neck necrosis identified during the initial operative evaluation and within the early postprocedural period in patients with significant pelvic trauma requiring pelvic vascular embolization. To our knowledge, this is the first report of bladder neck necrosis found during the initial intraoperative surgical evaluation or early postoperative setting.…”
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Septic Pulmonary Embolism Case Report: Optimal Outcome after Insertion of an Inferior Vena Cava Filter in a Patient with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia by Isabel Esteves, Sofia Vidal Castro, Francisco Abecasis, Cristina Camilo, Marisa Vieira, Dinis da Gama, Manuela Correia

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Availability in ECMO Reduces the Failure to Rescue in Patients With Pulmonary Embolism After Major Surgery: A Nationwide Analysis of 2.4 Million Cases by Johannes Diers, MD, Nikolas Baumann, MD, Philip Baum, MD, Konstantin L. Uttinger, MD, Johanna C. Wagner, MD, Peter Kranke, MD, Patrick Meybohm, MD, Christoph-Thomas Germer, MD, Armin Wiegering, MD

“…Postoperative pulmonary embolism (PE) is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication, which can be treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy, a novel therapy option for acute cardiorespiratory failure. …”
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Echocardiography in acute critical care in cardiology by N.D. Oryshchyn

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Traumatic Blunt Force Renal Injury in a Diseased Horseshoe Kidney with Successful Embolization to Treat Active Bleeding: A Case Report and Literature Review by Chonlada Krutsri, Pongsasit Singhatas, Preeda Sumpritpradit, Chunlaches Chaijareenont, Wit Viseshsindh, Tharin Thampongsa, Pattawia Choikrua

“…Whole body computed tomography showed a high-volume retroperitoneal hematoma and multiple-lacerated lower pole of the kidney, compatible with preexisting horseshoe kidney disease with active contrast-enhanced extravasation from the accessory right renal artery. Embolization was performed. Renal function, transiently impaired after embolization, normalized on day 3. …”
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Embolization for haemomediastinum due to spontaneous rupture of oesophageal branch arising from an unusual origin (inferior thyroidal artery) after vomiting: a case report by Jin Suk Lee, Eic Ju Lim, Min Jai Cho, Yook Kim

“…Awareness of the various potential sources of haemomediastinum is important to increase the success rate of transcatheter arterial embolization.…”
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A Case of De Novo Anterior Condylar Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Long after Curative Transvenous Embolization of Contralateral Anterior Condylar Arteriovenous Fistula by Shinya Hagiwara, Takeshi Miyazaki, Masahiro Tsuji, Mizuki Kambara, Tsutomu Yoshikane, Hidemasa Nagai, Yasuhiko Akiyama

“…Successful transvenous embolization was performed for also the second lesion. …”
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Ovarian Vein Thrombosis Complicated by Pulmonary Embolism after Cesarean Delivery in the Presence of a Large Fibroid: Case Report and Literature Review of Contributing Factors by Elie S. Finianos, Stephanie F. Yacoub, Mary F. Chammas

“…Following initiation of anticoagulation therapy, she developed dyspnea and testing showed a subsegmental pulmonary embolism. Further investigation showed that the patient had an undiagnosed thrombophilia thus meeting the classic Virchow triad. …”
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Prognostic Risk Factors of 30-Day Death in Traumatic Lower Limb Fracture Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Huanhuan Li, Yijun Yu, Yuting Wang, Qian Zhang, Ye Gu

“…To explore the prognostic risk factors of 30-day death in patients with traumatic lower limb fracture (TLLF) complicated with acute pulmonary embolism (APE). Methods. 295 consecutive TLLF patients diagnosed as APE according to pulmonary artery CT angiography, hospitalized in our hospital from January 2017 to December 2021, were included in this study. …”
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Atypical Myocardial Infarction with Apical Thrombus and Systemic Embolism: A Rare Presentation of Likely JAK2 V617F-Positive Myeloproliferative Neoplasm by Muhammed Atere, Rana Al-Zakhari, Jennifer Collins, Francesco Rotatori, Lloyd Muzangwa

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Successful resuscitation of acute type A aortic dissection with pulmonary embolism using long-term venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report by Guiwei Zhu, Wenhui Yue, Yanmin Li, Haiqing Wang, Jianqiang Li, Xin Zhou, Qinghai Zhang, Jihong Zhang

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Large Subcapsular Splenic Hematoma with a Large Pancreatic Pseudocyst Was Successfully Treated with Splenic Arterial Embolization and Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Drainage of Pancreatic Pseudocyst by Song Zhang, Fei Liu, Heena Buch, Guifang Xu, Lei Wang

“…He underwent splenic arterial embolization to decrease the blood supply of the spleen and then ultrasound-guided percutaneous drainage of the large pancreatic pseudocyst. …”
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Aortic aneurysm management results through one year with a conformable neck sealing endograft and preemptive sac embolization with shape memory polymer devices by Dipankar Mukherjee, MD, Jihui Li, MD, PhD, David Spinosa, MD

“…Patients were treated with endografts, and shape memory polymer embolization plugs were used to embolize the residual lumen volume outside of the endograft during the procedure. …”
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Gastroduodenal artery aneurysm degeneration after coiling necessitating open repair by Madeleine Carroll, MD, Deena B. Chihade, MD, Thomas J. Vandermeer, MD, Anthony Feghali, MD

Subjects: “…Coil embolization…”
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Splenic Vein Embolization Using Coil Anchors and Prophylactic Occlusion of a Hepatofugal Collateral for Hepatic Encephalopathy due to Splenorenal Shunt: Technical Note and Literature Review by Masayoshi Inoue, Toshihiro Tanaka, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Tetsuya Yoshioka, Kimihiko Kichikawa

“…This paper describes occlusion of the splenic vein using coil anchors and prophylactic embolization of a collateral hepatofugal vessel with no recurrence of hyperammonemia. …”
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Diagnostic Challenges of Pneumocystis Pneumonia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case of a Young Patient with Ground Glass Opacities and Pulmonary Embolism on Chest CT by William Lim, Maham Suhail, Keith Diaz

“…Herein, we report a case of a young man presenting to the emergency department with common clinical, radiological, and laboratory features of COVID-19 pneumonia such as shortness of breath, hypoxia, pulmonary embolism, elevated D-dimer, and bilateral ground glass opacities on computed tomography of the chest but was later diagnosed with Pneumocystis pneumonia that was treated with appropriate antibiotics and corticosteroids. …”
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Clinical study on the treatment of acute epidural hematoma by embolization of middle meningeal artery through radial artery access combined with minimally invasive burr hole drainage by Cui Zhang, Qingbo Wang, Chenglong Li, Zixuan Jing, Xinyu Zhao, Yang Chen, Zefu Li

Subjects: “…middle meningeal artery embolization…”
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