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Embolism


Embolism means the sudden blockage of a blood vessel by an abnormal particle (such as a blood clot, air bubble, fat or other tissue) known as an embolus. Pulmonary thromboembolism is a blockage of one of the arteries in the lung by a blood clot.
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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 location and block the flow of blood there.
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Gas embolism may occur with decompression from increased pressure; it typically occurs in ascending divers who have been breathing compressed air.
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ARTERIAL EMBOLISM - A sudden interruption in arterial blood flow to an organ or body part (extremity). The blockage is caused by a blot clot or atherosclerotic plaque that has moved through the arterial circulation from one position to another.
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Arterial embolism
Definition:
Arterial embolism is a sudden interruption of blood flow to an organ or body part.
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Pulmonary embolism can be life-threatening. About one-third of people with undiagnosed and untreated pulmonary embolism don't survive. When the condition is diagnosed and treated promptly, however, that number drops dramatically.
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Pulmonary Embolism
What is a pulmonary embolism?
A blood clot that travels through the blood vessels is called an embolus. A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that blocks an artery in your lungs. It can be a life-threatening problem.
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More on Air Embolism
Embolus - foreign matter circulating in and obstructing a blood vessel. It may be a portion of a clot that has separated from the wall of a vessel a bubble of gas or air a globule of fat, a clump of bacteria...
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Definition of Cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE)
Cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE): Gas bubbles traveling and lodging (embolizing) in the arteries that supply the brain with blood (and oxygen).
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Alternate Names
: Atherosclerotic Renal Vascular Disease, Renal Artery Embolism, Cholesterol Embolism, Renal Artery Aneurysm ...
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embolism (EM-bul-izm)
A block in an artery caused by blood clots or other substances, such as fat globules, infected tissue, or cancer cells.
embolization (EM-bo-lih-ZAY-shun) ...
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An embolism is a clot that breaks loose and travels on up toward the brain, where the clot gets stuck in a smaller artery leading to the brain. This briefly cuts off blood flow to a portion of the brain.
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thromboembolism
Blockage of a blood vessel by the piece of a blood clot that has broken loose from its original site.
thrombosis ...
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Thromboembolism (blood clots): Women who use estrogen-containing birth control pills are at a 3- to 6-fold increased risk of developing blood clots. Blood clots may lead to deep vein thrombosis, heart attack, or stroke.
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Arterial embolism
A blood clot arising from another location that blocks an artery.
Buerger's disease ...
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Pulmonary embolism - A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that has floated through the bloodstream and lodged in the lungs.
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A CT scan of the chest can detect infection, lung cancer, pulmonary embolism, and aneurysms. It can also be used to help determine whether cancer has spread (metastasized) into the chest from another location in the body.
Abdomen.
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Prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis, which may lead to pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing hip replacement surgery, during and following hospitalization; in patients undergoing knee replacement surgery; ...
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Los fragmentos de placa ateroesclertica o cogulos pueden viajar en el torrente sanguneo (embolismo); sin embargo, las apoplejas causadas por embolismo son, por lo general, ...
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This can happen from a lung problem such as a pulmonary embolism, but this is unlikely in your situation because of the many repeated episodes you have experienced over the last 12 years.
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Hydrogen peroxide could be given intravenously without gas embolism being produced.
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Venous thrombo-embolism
Ventilatory failure
Ventricular fibrillation
Ventricular septal defect
Ventricular tachycardia
Vernal conjunctivitis
Verruca
Verruca vulgaris
Verrucae planae juveniles
Vertebral compression fractures ...
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Evaluate disorders of pulmonary vasculature (pulmonary embolism, infarct, thrombosis)
Assess the postoperative period in children following interventional cardiac catheterization or cardiothoracic surgery ...
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Anticoagulant treatment, which breaks down the blood clot in the veins, is often given to patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE).
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Based on solid evidence, tamoxifen treatment increases the risk of endometrial cancer, thrombotic vascular events (pulmonary embolism, stroke, deep venous thrombosis), and cataracts.
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Aortic rupture
Bleeding from the aorta
Hypovolemic shock
Arterial embolism
Insufficient circulation past the aneurysm
Irreversible damage to the kidneys (kidney failure)
Myocardial infarction
Stroke
Aortic dissection ...
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Secondary pulmonary hypertension may be due to congenital heart disease, pulmonary embolism, portal hypertension, collagen vascular disorders (such as lupus), sarcoidosis, and HIV infection.
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Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs when blood clots form in the deep veins of the legs. The condition can be painful and may result in blood clots breaking free and traveling to the lungs (embolism), ...
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