Abstract Background: Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a significant cause of morbimortality. Epidemiological data in Portugal are limited, potentially leading to underdiagnosis. Catheter-directed therapy (CDT) is a promising alternative treatment, particularly for high-risk patients. Objectives: To evaluate the impact of CDT on intermediate-high-risk and high-risk acute PE. Methods: This is a retrospective single-centre study conducted from 2019 to 2023 in Portugal. Data included patient demographics, clinical presentation, procedural characteristics, and outcomes. Comparisons before and after the procedure were carried out, […]

The care of patients with acute illnesses, in which the time to start treatment can have an important influence on the prognosis, requires a strategy based on well-defined structure and processes. Acute stroke is a disease whose prognosis is causally related to the length of care, and the possibility of implementing cerebral reperfusion therapies and neuroprotective measures. The recommendations suggest that the time should be optimized in the different phases of care, in the recognition of signs and symptoms, medical […]

Abstract Background: Treatment time in the emergency room for acute myocardial infarction is very important and can be life-saving if one understands the importance of a patient’s chest pain. Objetice: The aim of this study is to evaluate how much patients entering the emergency room due to acute myocardial infection (AMI) know about chest pain and thrombolytic therapy. Materials and Methods: One hundred fifty patients (126 males,14 females) from three different institutes with complaints of chest pain were randomly chosen […]