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Title: What Is Pulmonary Embolism?
Site added: 2007-11-10 11:30:26
Description: A pulmonary embolism (PULL-mun-ary EM-bo-lizm) is a sudden blockage in a lung artery, usually due to a blood clot that traveled to the lung from the leg. A clot that forms in one part of the body and travels in the bloodstream to another part of the body is called an embolus.
Url: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/pe/pe_what.html
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