Causes Of Pulmonary Embolism
Health Encyclopedia: Pulmonary Embolus
A pulmonary embolus is a blockage of an artery in the lungs by fat, air, blood clot, or tumor cells.
Alternative Names
Venous thrombo-embolism; Lung blood clot; Blood clot - lung; Embolus; Tumor embolus
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Pulmonary emboli are most often caused by blood clots in the veins, especially veins in the legs or in the pelvis (hips). More rarely, air bubbles, fat droplets, amniotic fluid, or clumps of parasites or tumor cells m...
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Health Guide
Blood clots
...embolus, and the disorder, an embolism. For example, an embolus that occurs in the lungs is called a pulmonary embolism. Sometimes, a piece of atherosclerotic plaque, small pieces of tumor, fat... Read more »CPK isoenzymes
...the brain and lungs, injury to either of these organs (for example, stroke or lung injury due to a pulmonary embolism) are associated with elevated levels of this isoenzyme. CPK-2 levels rise 3... Read more »Breathing difficulties: first aid
...can be a problem even in young people Cigarette smoking or breathing secondhand smoke Pulmonary embolism , or a blood clot in the lung, which can cause very abrupt and severe... Read more »Pulmonary embolus
...and help circulate the blood). References Perrier A, Roy PM, Aujesky D, et al. Diagnosing pulmonary embolism in outpatients with clinical assessment, D-Dimer measurement, venous... Read more »Thoracentesis
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Medications
...history of blood clots (e.g., deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism). Also talk to your... Read more »
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