Active clinical trials for "Pulmonary Embolism"

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated to high mortality rate worldwide. However, the diagnosis of PE often results inaccurate. Many cases of PE are incorrectly diagnosed or missed and they are often associated to sudden unexpected death (SUD). In forensic practice, it is important to establish the time of thrombus formation in order to determine the precise moment of death. The autopsy remains the gold standard method for the identification of death cause allowing the determination of discrepancies between clinical and autopsy diagnoses. The aim of our study will be to verify the morphological and histological criteria of fatal cases of PE and evaluate the dating of thrombus formation considering 5 ranges of time. METHODS: Pulmonary vessels sections will be collected from January 2010 to December 2017. Sections of thrombus sampling will be stained with hematoxylin and eosin. The content of infiltrated cells, fibroblasts and collagen fibers will be scored using a semi-quantitative three-point scale of range values. Hypothesis: After a macroscopic observation and a good sampling traditional histology, it will be important to identify the time of thrombus formation. We will identify histologically a range of time in the physiopathology of the thrombus (early, recent, recent-medium, medium, old), allowing to determine the dating of thrombus formation and the exact time of death.

In vitro fertilization (IVF) is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism and in particular pulmonary embolism during the first trimester. It is not known whether this increased risk of pulmonary embolism is present both after fresh and frozen embryo transfer. Objective: To assess whether the risk of pulmonary embolism and venous thromboembolism during the first trimester of IVF pregnancies is associated with both fresh and frozen embryo transfer. A population-based cohort study with linked data from nationwide registries on women in Sweden giving birth to their first child 1992-2012

This is an observational study designed to monitor the course of the fraction of reticulated platelets and the correlation thereof to major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events after noncardiac surgery.

Chest pain is an alarming symptom and one of the most frequent causes of access to the Emergency Departement. Although chest X-ray remains an essential step in the diagnostic process, several studies showed numerous limitations of radiography which frequently is inconclusive. Ultrasonography is a non-radiating imaging technique. Albeit a wide use of ultrasound, the utilization of ultrasound in the study of the lung has only recently been introduced in the clinical practice. Several studies proved that lung ultrasound is useful in the diagnosis of lung consolidation in community acquired pneumonia. Nowadays, ultrasound is not routinely used in the presence of chest pain. Our hypothesis based on clinical experience is that, in patients with pleuritic chest pain, lung ultrasound is very sensitive in detecting pneumonia and other lung diseases (such as pneumothorax) thus performing better than radiography. The primary aim of this study is to verify, in patients affected by pleuritic chest pain, the accuracy of lung ultrasound compared to chest-X-ray. The secondary aim is to evaluate the accuracy of lung ultrasound consolidations in distinguishing lung consolidation in pneumonia, atelectasis, pulmonary infarction, or tumors.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the capacity of some novels biomarkers Procalcitonin (PCT), Midregional Proadrenomedullin (MR pro ADM), Midregional pro-atrial natriuretic peptide (MR pro ANP), Copeptin (CT pro arginine vasopressin), Pro endothelin to stratify the risk in severe dyspnea.

The cause of ischemic stroke remains frequently unknown. In patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO), the link between PFO and Stroke is unclear. The investigators hypothesize that the main mechanism is paradoxical embolism and decided to look for clinically apparent and silent cerebral embolism in patients with a recent pulmonary embolism.

Blood clots in lung arteries (pulmonary embolism) are usually detected using a radiological test called computed tomography (CT scan). As technology advances, the CT scans are able to detect smaller and smaller blood clots. Over time, the frequency of blood clots in the pulmonary arteries has increased significantly (CT scan are now detecting very small blood clots that the investigators could not see before). As a result, more and more people are on blood thinners to treat these small blood clots but their true clinical significance is unknown. The management of blood thinners is costly and also utilizes scarce healthcare resources. These blood thinners need to be monitored with frequent blood work. Furthermore, every year, approximately 3 percent of patients on blood thinners will have a major bleeding event requiring medical attention. The investigators don't think that treating these small blood clots in the pulmonary arteries detected on CT scan is worth the risk of bleeding from the blood thinners. The main goal of this study is to find out if it is safe to not treat very small blood clots in the pulmonary arteries. The investigators plan to follow 300 patients with small blood clots in their lungs for 90 days. These patients will not be treated with blood thinners but will be followed closely with other non-invasive tests to avoid progression or recurrence of blood clots.

The overall goal of this clinical research study is to prospectively assess primary outcomes related to pulmonary embolism (PE) that occur immediately (within 5 days) and within 30 days. The secondary goal is to compare validated prediction models and a modified European Society of Cardiology (ESC) approach that is primarily right ventricle dysfunction (RVD) driven with clinical risk assessment being secondary, and with primary outcomes of clinical deterioration within 5 days.

The primary objective of this study is to search for, in vitro, elements associated with IgG-dependent monocyte activation (signaling pathway activation, expression of pro-coagulant and pro-inflammatory factors) and to describe their prevalence in female patients with a history of proximal venous thromboembolism (proximal deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism) compared to control women.

The objectives of the PROTECT study are: To assess the role of CT pulmonary angiography in the risk stratification of hemodynamically stable patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE). To assess the role of transthoracic echocardiography in the risk stratification of hemodynamically stable patients with acute symptomatic PE. To assess the role of 2 biomarkers (troponin and brain natriuretic peptide) in the risk stratification of hemodynamically stable patients with acute symptomatic PE. To assess the role of the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) in the risk stratification of hemodynamically stable patients with acute symptomatic PE. To assess the combined role of CT pulmonary angiography, transthoracic echocardiography, PESI, troponin I and brain natriuretic peptide in the risk stratification of hemodynamically stable patients with acute symptomatic PE.