Pulmonary Embolism

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Pulmonary Embolism National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D011655&recruiting...

Diagnosis/Symptoms

1.	Radiography (X-Ray): Chest American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/chest_radiography.htm




2.	Vascular Diseases Diagnosis Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/patPub/vascularDiagnosis.shtml

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	Thrombolysis, Thrombosis, Thrombus and Embolus American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4745

Directories

1.	Find a Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Society of Thoracic Surgeons http://www.sts.org/sections/membership/findamember/

National Institutes of Health

1.	What Is Pulmonary Embolism? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/pe/pe_what.html

Organizations

1.	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

Overviews

1.	JAMA Patient Page: Pulmonary Embolism American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZDQHMZUIC&sub_...




2.	Pulmonary Embolism Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00429

Prevention/Screening

1.	Avoid Deep Vein Thrombosis: Keep the Blood Flowing Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2004/604_vein.html




2.	Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary E American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/110/16/e445.pdf

Research

1.	Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/3/I-43

Specific Conditions

1.	Venous Thrombosis UpToDate http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=blod_dis/7159




2.	Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/106/12/1436.pdf




3.	New Perspective on Deep Vein Thrombosis American Venous Forum http://www.dvt-info.com/education/newpers.html




4.	Deep Vein Thrombosis Overview Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/patPub/DVTOverview.shtml

Treatment

1.	Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org/adult/patient/anesthesia/hyperbaricoxygen/index.html




2.	Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy for Chronic Pulmon Society of Thoracic Surgeons http://www.ctsnet.org/doc/5595




3.	What Are Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Agents? American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/110080494410839%20WhatAreAn...




4.	Vascular Diseases Treatments Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/patPub/vascularTreatments.shtml




5.	Questions and Answers about Warfarin (Coumadin) UpToDate http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=blod_dis/6066