Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Key Takeaways Burning in the chest is usually caused by a non-life-threatening medical ...

Cancer and several types of treatment may increase the risk of developing pulmonary embolism. Learn more about causes, risk factors, specific cancer types, symptoms, and treatments.

Results of a 5-year study in Japan suggest pulmonary embolism may be a major cause of sudden cardiac arrest among patients with psychiatric disorders.Researchers published these results in Journal ...

A pulmonary embolism causes the blocked-off parts of the lungs to be starved of blood, in turn making it harder for the lungs to pump the blood full of oxygen.

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is common among patients admitted with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD).

Chest pain after a pulmonary embolism is a typical symptom. It may remain until medications have broken down the blood clot that caused it.

A new study in Chest highlights a link between elevated heart rate and risk for all-cause and pulmonary embolism-related mortality in patients with acute symptomatic PE.“It is unknown if ...

After almost fainting twice, man learns he has a large pulmonary embolism with unusual cause For years, doctors watched Mervyn Rothstein's watermelon-sized hernia because it was asymptomatic.