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Can you describe a pulmonary embolism and how it develops in a right leg?
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∙ 14y ago
Pulmonary embolisms usually start out as a DVT or deep vein thrombosis or a blood clot in one of the major veins. These can form for a number of reasons. If someone has blood that is more prone to clotting than others or if they don't move for an extended period of time which would allow the blood to pool in the vein. When the clot has formed it will stay in the limb that it had started in for a period of time, mine was stayed in my leg a week before moving. When it moves it follows the blood flow to the lung, then it gets stuck there again causing the pulmonary embolism or lung blood clot. The sequential order of a blood clot in the leg or DVT is pieces of thrombus break off and travels up the vein to the inferior vena caba to the right atrium, through the biscupid valve to the right ventrical, then through the pulmonic valve into the pulmonary artery into the lung. Until it gets to a portion of artery that is so small the clot can't pass any further. At that point the clot forms an obstruction.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoA pulmonary embolism is a formed clot developing in the thrombyles of the veinous return. This clotting disengages the vital stop valves in the legs, which prevent veinous return from receeding backwards.
When it is clotted, the embolism may travel to the heart, resulting in cardiac failure and/or pulmonary distressm and failure.
This is an urgent medical condition and requires prompt medical attention for life to be maintained.
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What is a saddle pulmonary embolism?
A saddle pulmonary embolism is an occlusion of the left and right portion of the pulmonary artery
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 lungs.
What is dose of heparin for pulmonary embolism?
Only your doctor can tell for sure what is right for you!
Is Pulmonary Embolism the same as Pulmonary Hypertension?
A pulmonary embolism is also characterized as central or peripheral, depending on the location or the arterial branch involved. Central vascular zones include the main pulmonary artery, the left and right main pulmonary arteries, the anterior trunk, the right and left interlobar arteries, the left upper lobe trunk, the right middle lobe artery, and the right and left lower lobe arteries.
Vena cava compression are obstructions which cause what type of shock syndrome?
nova net right its pulmonary embolism
What is the difference between cor pulmonale and pulmonary embolism?
A pulmonary embolism is a tissue fragment (part of a blood clot, fat, amniotic fluid, part of a tumour or bullet fragment) that became loose in the blood stream and was carried by the blood stream to a different location. A pulmonary embolism is, in most cases, a thromboembolism (part of a blood clot), which is carried from the deep veins of the legs or the pevis. It travels up the blood stream, through the inferior vena cava, into the heart, and subsequently into the pulmonary artery. In the pulmonary artery, it arrests, forming a potentially life threating occlusion. Cor pulmonale is hypertrophy of the right ventricle due to chronic pulmonary hypertension. The pulmonay hypertension means that the right ventricle has to pump blood with greater force, causing its muscle to hypertrophy (enlarge in size). Therefore, to summarize, a pulmonary embolism is an obstruction of pulmonary blood flow while cor pulmonale is the morphological change of the right ventricle due to pulmonary hypertension.
What keeps blood from passing into the right atrium?
Well, its supposed to get into the right atrium as part of the Pulmonary and Systemic circuits, but it could be prevented by a hole somewhere or some sort of embolism
Jugular vein distention is associated with?
right-sided heart failure, when the right ventricle is hypertrophied or dilated which is secondary to pulmonary hypertension (usu. d/t pulmonary embolism in acute cor pulmonale, but d/t COPD in chronic cor pulmonale)
What might a person feel like if there was a blood clot blocking the left and right pulmonary arteries?
Pulmonary embolism is a very non specific problem. Many people may have varrying levels of chest pain and most commonly seen is a non productive cough that won't go away.
Does pulmonary embolism lead to pulmonary edema?
Congestive heart failure can cause pulmonary edema but I am not sure about an embolism.Congestive heart failure (CHF) depending on the severity of the condition can cause pulmonary edema. As the disease progresses, if the patient has left sided CHF, the blood does not flow properly and will get backed-up into the lungs thereby causing pulmonary edema. For those with right-sided heart failure, you will get back-up into the peripheral vascular system and will have edema of the extremities (hands and feet). As for the embolism, again, as the CHF worsens, the work of the heart is increasing and the heart is not effectively pumping the blood. As the heart begins to pump less and less blood with each contraction, you can get stagnation of the blood in the chambers of the heart. Blood clots (ie embolism) can occur. This is also true for individuals who have atrial fibrillation because the blood is not effectively pumped out of the heart.
A 52 year old man suffers a pulmonary embolism that originated as a blood clot in his right leg?
Yes. This has happened many times before and will happen many times again, especially in this age group. But what is your question?
Pulmonary semilunar valve guards the entrance to the?
The correct answer is between the right ventricle and pulmonary trunk.
