Successful Treatment of Hepatoportal Arteriovenous Fistula by Transcatheter Embolization with Steel Coils by Taralyn D Picton, Lindsay Machan, Jennifer Davis, Hugh J Freeman, Urs P Steinbrecher

“…This article describes a patient with a history of remote liver trauma in whom portal hypertension and variceal bleeding were shown to be due to an arteriovenous fistula between the hepatic artery and portal vein. Transcatheter embolization with Gianturco coils resulted in obliteration of the fistula and normalization of portal pressures.…”
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Complete Renal Artery Embolization in a Comorbid Patient with an Arteriovenous Malformation by Anthony Thayaparan, Tarik Amer, Eamon Mahdi, Omar Aboumarzouk, Owen Hughes

“…We present a case of an elderly female who underwent a complete left renal artery embolization, following a difficult presentation complicated by advanced dementia and multiple comorbidities. …”
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Effectiveness of Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Embolic Stroke due to Infective Endocarditis by Siva P. Sontineni, Aryan N. Mooss, Venkata G. Andukuri, Susan Marie Schima, Dennis Esterbrooks

“…To identify the role of thrombolytic therapy in acute embolic stroke due to infective endocarditis. Design. …”
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Evaluation of parameters predicting in-hospital mortality and septic embolisms in patients with infective endocarditis by Tuba Tatlı Kış, Mehmet Kış, Tuncay Güzel, Çiğdem Mermutluoğlu

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Symptomatic pulmonary and intracardiac cement embolism after percutaneous vertebroplasty: A case report by Yunxin Liu, Liang Gong, Ming Yang

Subjects: “…Bone cement embolism…”
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A Comprehensive Clinical Acumen Enhanced by Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Managing Acute Life-Threatening Massive Pulmonary Thromboembolism in a Peripheral Setting: A Case Repor... by Prabhav Chhaperwal, Sudhir Kumar, Gurbinder Suri, Uma Garg, Suraj Kapoor, Bhargava Devarakonda

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Creation of the permanent inferior vena cava filter for prevention of pulmonary artery embolism by Yа.O. Povar, I.O. Skiba, B.M. Todurov, A.V. Khokhlov, I.V. Altman, V.M. Shivanyuk

Subjects: “…pulmonary embolism…”
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Uncommon Occurrence of an Air Embolism during the Preanhepatic Phase of an Orthotopic Liver Transplant by Klint J. Smart, Saman Yaghoubian

“…Vascular air embolism (VAE) during liver transplantation usually occurs during the dissection phase of the procedure or during liver reperfusion. …”
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Systemic Embolization from an Unusual Intracardiac Mass in the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract by Kelechukwu U. Okoro, Timothy R. Larsen, John C. Lystash

“…The high shear stress (due to high blood flow velocity through the left ventricular outflow tract) likely promoted the multiple embolic events observed in this case. Our patient was successfully treated with aortic valve replacement, vegetation resection, and antibiotics.…”
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Cerebral Arterial Air Embolism Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Deep Tracheal Aspiration by S. Gursoy, C. Duger, K. Kaygusuz, I. Ozdemir Kol, B. Gurelik, C. Mimaroglu

“…Arterial air embolism associated with pulmonary barotrauma has been considered a rare but a well-known complication of mechanical ventilation. …”
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Renal Vein Stenting and Gonadal Vein Embolization for Recurrent Varicoceles and Nutcracker Syndrome by Yosouf AlZahrani, Sulaiman AlRajeh

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Saddle Pulmonary Embolism in a Cancer Patient with Thrombocytopenia: A Treatment Dilemma by Ali Zalpour, Katy Hanzelka, John T. Patlan, Marc A. Rozner, Syed Wamique Yusuf

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Pulmonary Embolism after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Case Report by Tadashi Yamamoto, Kazuya Tamai, Miwa Akutsu, Kazuo Tomizawa, Takuya Sukegawa, Yutaka Nohara

“…We report a patient who developed pulmonary embolism (PE) 6 days after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair but recovered without sequelae. …”
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Predictors of Hospital Length of Stay among Patients with Low-risk Pulmonary Embolism by Li Wang, Onur Baser, Phil Wells, W. Frank Peacock, Craig I. Coleman, Gregory J. Fermann, Jeff Schein, Concetta Crivera

“…**Background:** Increased hospital length of stay is an important cost driver in hospitalized low-risk pulmonary embolism (LRPE) patients, who benefit from abbreviated hospital stays. …”
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Angio-Seal™ Embolization: A Rare Etiology of an Acute Distal Limb Ischemia by Glenmore Lasam, Joshua Brad Oaks, Jeffrey Brensilver

“…We herein report a serious vascular complication of diagnostic cardiac catheterization due to an embolization of an Angio-Seal closure device causing acute lower limb ischemia. …”
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The Auscultation of a Carbon Dioxide Embolization Event during Endoscopic Vein Harvest by Erik Strauss, Bradley Taylor, Michael Mazzeffi, Kenichi Tanaka, Patrick Odonkor

“…Several case reports have documented carbon dioxide (CO2) embolization with this procedure as well as CO2 embolization during other laparoscopic surgeries (Markar et al., 2010). …”
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Ulipristal Acetate Efficacy in a Patient with Symptomatic Fibroid and Concomitant Pulmonary Embolism by S. von Wunster, P. D’Oria, L. Colonna, G. Patelli

“…Here, we report the case of a woman with severe menorrhagia due to a uterine fibroid and with concomitant pulmonary embolism, a serious life-threatening condition. UPA was shown to be effective in reducing fibroid volume and controlling symptoms, without worsening the underlying embolic disease. …”
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Diagnosis of a Bleeding Dieulafoy Lesion on Computed Tomography and Its Subsequent Embolization by Robert M Penner, Richard J Owen, C Noel Williams

“…CT scans are now widely used in the diagnostic algorithm for acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and the present case illustrates that with fortuitous timing, they can provide critical information and an opportunity for selected angiography and coil embolization.…”
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Uterine Arteriovenous Fistula with Concomitant Pelvic Varicocele: Endovascular Embolization with Onyx-18® by Francesco Giurazza, Fabio Corvino, Andrea Paladini, Antonio Borzelli, Domenico Scognamiglio, Giulia Frauenfelder, Giuseppe Albano, Fabio Sirimarco, Raffaella Niola

“…Traditional management is hysterectomy; endovascular embolization represents nowadays an alternative strategy for patients wishing to preserve fertility. …”
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Aortic Arch Floating Thrombus Complicated by Distal Embolization in a Patient with Malignancy by Konstantinos Tigkiropoulos, Dimitrios Karamanos, Marianthi Tympanidou, Nikolaos Saratzis, Ioannis Lazaridis

“…Free floating thrombus of aortic arch in a minimally atherosclerotic or nonaneurysmal aorta is a rare disease entity which carries a potential risk of distal embolization with catastrophic consequences. We present the case of a 52-years-old patient with ovarian cancer and aortic arch floating thrombus who initially managed with low molecular weight heparin and eventually undergone surgical thrombectomy of left external iliac and common femoral artery due to acute ischemia of left lower leg.…”
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