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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Post-ablation brain emboli were linked to migraine-like visual auras within 1 month after treatment. Transseptal ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Patients who experience tachycardia -- either symptomatic or asymptomatic -- following knee replacement surgery are most likely to trigger an imaging examination to determine if the ...

It was with these considerations in mind that we undertook to examine our own experience with arterial emboli to determine what place, if any, the operation of embolectomy should play in the therapy ...

Ischemic strokes are frequently caused by emboli. Emboli have a propensity to lodge in certain areas. In the right internal carotid artery (ICA) angiogram shown above [centered where the distal ...

A 39-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for altered mental status. One week prior to the admission, the patient had a moped accident. His past medical history was remarkable for polysubstance ...

A 55 year-old woman presented with confusion, right sided weakness and new onset atrial fibrillation. Shower of Emboli: Diffusion weighted MRI axial images. Note the multiple areas of diffusion ...

Fat embolism management may consist of a combination of supportive care and medications, as well as orthopedic surgery to help address related bone fractures. Fat embolism refers to a collection of ...

Sudden onset of visual loss from retinal artery occlusion has a poor prognosis. Ophthalmologists routinely aggressively massage an eye with acute retinal artery occlusion for only a few minutes at ...