| PIOPED | Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis [data base] |
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| RPE | rate of perceived exertion; recurrent pulmonary embolism; retinal pigment epithelium; ribulose 5-pho... |
| UPET | urokinase pulmonary embolism trial |
| ECG | Electro-Cardio-Graphy(-Gram); 심전도 = EKG 1. Conducting System Structu... |
| PA | panic attack; pantothenic acid; paralysis agitans; paranoia; passive aggressive; pathology; patient'... |
| retrograde embolism | Embolism of a vein by an embolus carried in a direction opposite to that of the normal blood current, after being diverted into a smaller vein. Synonym: venous embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| riding embolism | Embolism occurring at the bifurcation of an artery and blocking more or less completely both branches. Synonym: riding embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholesterol embolism | Embolism of lipid debris from an ulcerated atheromatous deposit, generally from a large artery to small arterial branches; it is usually small and rarely causes infarction. Synonym: atheroma embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| miliary embolism | Embolism occurring simultaneously in a number of capillaries. Synonym: multiple embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multiple embolism | Embolism caused by the arrest of a number of small emboli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cotton-fibre embolism | Embolism by cotton fibres from sterile gauze used in intravenous medication or transfusion; may form as foreign body granulomas in small pulmonary arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crossed embolism | Passage of a clot (thrombus) from a vein to an artery. When clots in veins break off (embolise) , they travel first to the right side of the heart and, normally, then to the lungs where they lodge. The lungs act as a filter to prevent the clots from entering the arterial circulation. However, when there is a hole in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart (an atrial septal defect), a clot can crossparadoxically from the right to the left side of the heart, then pass into the arteries. Once in the arterial circulation, a clot can travel to the brain, block a vessel there, and cause a stroke (cerebrovascular accident). Because of the risk of stroke from crossed embolism, it is usually recommended that even small atrial septal defects be closed (repaired). Also called: paradoxical embolism. (12 Dec 1998) |
| haematogenous embolism | Embolism occurring in a blood vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saddle embolism | A straddling embolism at any vascular bifurcation, e.g., of the aorta which occludes both common iliac arteries. Synonym: pantaloon embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyaemic embolism | Plugging of an artery by an embolus detached from a suppurating thrombus. Synonym: infective embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| straddling embolism | Embolism occurring at the bifurcation of an artery and blocking more or less completely both branches. Synonym: riding embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| direct embolism | Embolism occurring in the direction of the blood current. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infective embolism | Plugging of an artery by an embolus detached from a suppurating thrombus. Synonym: infective embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| obturating embolism | Complete closing of the lumen of a vessel by an embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oil embolism | <orthopaedics> The occurrence of fat globules in the bloodstream following fracture of a long bone, in burns, in childbirth or in association with fatty degeneration of the liver. Symptoms occur when fat globules block vessels within the lung (i.e. Pulmonary embolism) or the cerebral vasculature (i.e. Stroke). Fat embolism after bone fracture generally occurs in the first 3-4 days post fracture and commonly manifests with the signs and symptoms of pulmonary embolism. (27 Sep 1997) |