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Pulmonary embolism is a blockage of an artery in the lungs by a blood clot, fat, air or clumped tumor cells. By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death. Treatment is with anticoagu ...
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Pulmonary Embolism Organizations
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
- American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/
- Virtual Hospital
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/
- American Venous Forum
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Resources
- Ability of Different D-Dimer Tests To Exclude Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism (American College of Physicians)
- Aspirin: From Pain Relief to Preventive Medicine (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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