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Results 1 - 10 of 229 for Embolus
  1. Pulmonary Embolism (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is a pulmonary embolism (PE)? A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a sudden blockage in a lung artery. It usually happens when a blood clot ... there are many clots. What causes a pulmonary embolism (PE)? The cause is usually a blood clot ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/pulmonaryembolism.html - Health Topics
  2. Pulmonary embolus 
    A pulmonary embolus is a blockage of an artery in the lungs. The most common cause of the blockage is a ... A pulmonary embolus is most often caused by a blood clot that develops in a vein outside the lungs. The most ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000132.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Acute arterial occlusion - kidney 
    Acute arterial occlusion of the kidney is a sudden, severe blockage of the artery that supplies blood to the kidney. ... The kidneys need ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001272.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. CT angiography - chest 
    CT angiography combines a CT scan with the injection of dye. This technique is able to create pictures of the blood vessels in the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007676.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Arterial embolism 
    Arterial embolism refers to a clot (embolus) that has come from another part of the body and causes a sudden interruption of blood flow to an organ or body ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001102.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Pulmonary ventilation/perfusion scan 
    ... most often done to detect an acute pulmonary embolus (blood clot in the lungs). It is also ... due to breathing in a foreign substance) Pulmonary embolus Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease Reduced breathing and ventilation ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003828.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Arterial embolism (image) 
    An embolism is a clot that travels from the site where it formed to another location in the body. The embolism can lodge in an artery at the new ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/18076.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Thrombolytic therapy 
    ... used to treat other conditions including: Acute pulmonary embolism Clots in vascular catheters such as those used ... PA: Elsevier; 2018:chap 149. Kabrhel C. Pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis. In: Walls RM, Hockberger ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007089.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. D-dimer test 
    ... vein thrombosis (DVT) Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) Pulmonary embolism (PE) Stroke ... Goldhaber SZ, Piazza G. Pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis. In: ... GF, Bhatt DL, Solomon SD. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007620.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Travelers' Health: Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Deep Vein Thrombosis/Related Issues ... Deep Vein Thrombosis ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Information about how to order the U.S. government publication ...
    https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/...deep-vein-thrombosis-and-pulmonary-embolism - External Health Links
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