Rivaroxaban: Expanded Role in Cardiovascular Disease Management—A Literature Review by Muhammad Ajmal, Jacob Friedman, Qurat Ul Ain Riaz Sipra, Tom Lassar

“…Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are widely used for the prevention of stroke in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, treatment of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, and as prophylaxis after hip and knee surgery after approval by the Food and Drug Administration. …”
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Chest Pain? An Unusual Presentation of Vertebral Osteomyelitis by Cristian Landa, Stanley Giddings, Pramod Reddy

“…The patient initially underwent a CT chest angiogram to rule out a pulmonary embolism, which incidentally showed a soft tissue vertebral mass at T3-T4 disk space. …”
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Blood Cyst of the Mitral Valve Diagnosed in an Adult after Systemic Thrombolysis by Diana C. Ramírez-Mesías, Juan F. Contreras-Valero, Gabriel D. Pinilla-Monsalve, Carlos E. Vesga-Reyes

“…A 57-year-old woman developed sudden dyspnea while hospitalized in the context of urinary sepsis; high-risk pulmonary embolism was diagnosed and she was prescribed systemic thrombolysis. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Auricular Fibrillation. by Jorge Luis Ulloa Capestany, Aleyda Hernández Lara, Aymara Marcia Hernández Cardoso, Francisco García Valdez, Carlos Jaime Geroy Gómez

“…This is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and can bring about deleterious consequences on the cardiac function and risk of systemic embolism. It includes important aspects as aetiology and trigger aspects, diagnosis, classification and treatment with emphasis on therapeutic emergencies. …”
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Acute Unilateral Renal Infarction in the Setting of an Inherited Thrombophilia and Atrial Septal Defect by Siavash Piran, Sam Schulman

“…This was a suspected case of paradoxical embolism through an ASD leading to renal infarction.…”
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Complex Perioperative Decision-Making: Liver Resection in a Patient with Extensive Superior Vena Cava/Right Atrial Thrombus and Superior Vena Cava Syndrome by Benjamin Kloesel, Robert W. Lekowski

“…The anesthesiologist needs to be prepared for possible thrombus dislodgement resulting in pulmonary embolism and also has to assess the need for fluid resuscitation given the dangers of massive intravenous fluid application via the upper extremities. …”
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Pulmonary Complications in Patients with Severe Brain Injury by Kiwon Lee, Fred Rincon

“…Respiratory failure, pneumonia, acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS), pulmonary edema, pulmonary contusions and pneumo/hemothorax, and pulmonary embolism are frequently encountered in the setting of severe brain injury. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Auricular Fibrillation. by Lázaro De la Cruz Avilés, Félix Rolando Jorrín Román, Francisco De Jesús Valladares Carvajal, Pablo Rodríguez Díaz

“…This is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and can bring about deleterious consequences on the cardiac function and risk of systemic embolism. It includes important aspects as aetiology and trigger aspects, diagnosis, classification and treatment with emphasis on therapeutic emergencies. …”
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Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome complicated with aspergillus endocarditis and multiple organ infarctions after glucocorticoid treatment in an immunocompetent man: a cas... by Yuxi Zhao, Xiaoxin Wu, Xinyu Wang, Lanjuan Li

“…Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed multiple cerebral embolisms and abscess. The echocardiography showed the vegetations in the left ventricle, suggesting multi-organ embolism caused by infective endocarditis (IE). …”
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Janus kinase inhibitor treatment for inflammatory diseases: excess or no excess risk of venous thromboembolism? by Yachar Dawudi, Samuel Benarroch, Hélène Helfer, David M. Smadja, Isabelle Mahé

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A Large Left Ventricle Myxoma: Presenting with Epigastric Pain and Weight Loss by Solmaz Fakhari, Eissa Bilehjani

“…Although clinical presentation may vary, dyspnea and embolism are the most commonly reported symptoms. In the present case study, a 27-year-old woman with a large myxoma originating from the left ventricular free wall is studied. …”
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Complications and Adverse Covid-19 Outcomes on Patients with Comorbidity by Khidoyatova Mukhlisa, Nabieva Dildora, Muxammadieva Sevara, Yakupova Svetlana

“…The major complications identified included acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), pulmonary embolism, and atrial fibrillation, which were more common in patients with two or more comorbidities. …”
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Evans Syndrome Associated with Pregnancy and COVID-19 Infection by Gayathri Vadlamudi, Leah Hong, Madhurima Keerthy

“…In the postpartum period, she was found to have coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and acute pulmonary embolism. Conclusion. Evans syndrome is a challenge to diagnose in pregnancy and poses important considerations for intrapartum and postpartum management.…”
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Chest Pain in Adolescent Japanese Male Mimicking Acute Coronary Syndrome by Sachin K. Gupta, Zahra Naheed

“…The adolescent population presenting with chest pain and elevated cardiac enzymes should be carefully evaluated for ACS and other etiologies including myocarditis, myopericarditis, pulmonary embolism, acute rheumatic fever, and trauma. We report one Japanese adolescent male with mycoplasma pneumoniae myocarditis who presented to the ER with chest pain, elevated cardiac enzymes, and abnormal EKG.…”
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Left Atrial Myxoma: A Rare Nonatherosclerotic Cause of Acute Myocardial Infarction by Rey Francisco Arcenas, Mir Ishtiaque Ali

“…Myocardial infarction from coronary artery embolism is a very rare but potentially lethal sequel of left atrial myxoma. …”
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We Say “Reunite with Your Pure Heart” to our Patient who Will Undergo Kidney Transplantation by Shafa Shahbazova, Rashad Shahvaladov

“…Intracardiac thrombus can be asymptomatic in hemodialysis patients, and it can manifest itself with fever, shortness of breath, chest pain, and even sudden death due to pulmonary embolism.…”
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Geriatric Chest Imaging: When and How to Image the Elderly Lung, Age-Related Changes, and Common Pathologies by J. Gossner, R. Nau

“…Pathologies with a special relevance for the elderly patient are discussed in detail: pneumonia, aspiration pneumonia, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the problem of overlapping heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary drug toxicity, incidental pulmonary embolism pulmonary nodules, and thoracic trauma.…”
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Capnocytophaga Induced Acute Necrotizing and Exudative Pericarditis with Abscess Formation by Alexa Bello, Alejandro Castaneda, Abhay Vakil, Joseph Varon, Salim Surani

“…We present the case of a 55-year-old gentleman, with bilateral pulmonary embolism and a large pericardial effusion that lead to a pericardial window with evacuation of creamy pus. …”
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Removal of Wall-Adherent Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus with a Combined Approach Using Vacuum-Assisted Thrombectomy and a Rotational Thrombectomy Device by Julius Kaemmel, Roland Heck, Pia Lanmüller, Volkmar Falk, Christoph Starck

“…Large thrombi in the inferior vena cava pose a high risk for a pulmonary embolism. Percutaneous extracorporeal circulation-based vacuum-assisted thrombus aspiration is a viable option for removal. …”
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Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Two-Vessel Occlusion and a Large Lambl’s Excrescence by Alfredo Pizzuti, Francesco Parisi, Luciano Mosso, Francesca Cali’ Quaglia, Antonino Tomasello

“…Coronary occlusion as a consequence of embolism of LE’s material could not be excluded and the patient underwent surgical excision. …”
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