In people with a life-threatening clot and no identification of what caused it, or if something caused it that can't be fixed ...

Pulmonary embolism is the sudden blockage of a major blood vessel (artery) in the lung, usually by a blood clot. In most cases, the clots are small and aren't deadly, but they can damage the lung. But ...

A saddle PE is a large blood clot that lodges in the main pulmonary artery, where it splits into the blood vessels that lead to the left and right lung. (A “pulmonary embolism” is any kind of ...

A saddle PE is a large blood clot that lodges in the main pulmonary artery, where it splits into the blood vessels that lead to the left and right lung. (A "pulmonary embolism" is any kind of ...

A pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood clot breaks away from the leg (or arm), travels through the bloodstream, and lodges ...

a study focusing on CT fluoroscopy-guided lung biopsies using noncoaxial automatic needles found that needle penetration of the pulmonary vein was a significant risk factor for air embolism ...

In any event the development of oxygen-resistant unsaturation is a valuable laboratory sign of acute pulmonary embolism. A decrease in the diffusing capacity of the lung as a cause of arterial ...

BRADY SAYS DOCTORS LATER TOLD HIM IT WAS A PULMONARY EMBOLISM, THAT NEARLY KILLED AALIYAH. A BLOOD CLOT THAT MOVED TO HER LUNGS DURING HER C-SECTION PROCEDURE. IT TOOK DOCTORS SEVERAL MINUTES TO ...