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What is Embolism?
Embolism is the obstruction of an artery typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble.
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What is an embolism?
From our cousin, Wikipedia: "In medicine, an embolism (plural embolisms) (Greek εμβολισμός) occurs when an object (the embolus, plural emboli) (Greek Îμ΅²Î¿Î»Î¿Î½, prep. εν+verb βάλλω) migrates from one part of the body (through circulation) and causes a blockage (occlusion) of a blood vessel in another part of the body. The term was coined in 1848 by Rudolph Carl Virchow. This is in contrast with a thrombus, or clot, which forms at the blockage point within a blood vessel and is not carried from somewhere else." (MORE)
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What is a pulmonary embolism?
A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot in the lung. Clots that form elsewhere in the body can become lodged in the blood vessels leading from the right ventricle to the lung…s. (MORE)
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What is a brain embolism?
embolus is a thrombus, or in simpler language, a small mass of intravascular clot that may have formed in the blood vessels or heart, which consequently broke of from the …vessel wall with the flowing blood, and now because it has finally rested in the blood vessels supplying the brain, it is referred to as a brain embolus. and this condition is called brain embolism. however, this is certainly a condition that requires immediate medical attention. (MORE)
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What is a fat embolism?
A fat embolism is when fat enters the bloodstream and blocks a blood vessel causing loss of blood flow to an area of the body. This can lead to a stroke if it occurs in the ca…rotid arteries or a heart attack if it happens in the coronary arteries. (MORE)
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What is splenic embolization?
Splenic embolization. involves plugging or blocking the splenic artery to shrink the size of the spleen. The substances that are injected during this procedure include polyvin…yl alcohol foam, polystyrene, and silicone. (MORE)
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What is an embolic phenomena?
Embolic phenomena causes discoloration of the skin from an embolus. The embolus originates from an infected artery. It is a vascular phenomenon.
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What is endovascular embolization?
Endovascular embolization is a procedure that utilizes chemical agents or metallic coils to stop bleeding and treat aneurysms or brain tumors.
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What is involved in embolization?
Embolization involves plugging up access to the malformation. This technique does not require opening the skull to expose the brain and can be used to treat deep AVMs.
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What is embolization?
Embolization. Material injected into the vessel blocks blood flow which helps control blood loss during or reduces the size of inoperable growths. A serious side effect, strok…e, can occur if a major blood vessel becomes blocked. (MORE)