What causes an pulmonary embolism?

Answer 1

A blockage of an artery of the lung by foreign matter such as fat, tumor, tissue, or a clot originating from a vein

Answer 2

Pulmonary emblolii develop by a wandering blood clot (usually from the legs), which travel to the lungs via the heart. Several of these clots could migrate to the pulmonary vasculature and aggregate in one vessel.

Answer 3

Pulmonary edema is caused either because of direct injury to lung parenchyma or because of the heart's inability to function adequately which then later forces fluids into the air sacs of the lungs.

Answer 4

A common cause of embolus is when an artery whose lining has become thickened or damaged, usually with age, allows cholesterol to build up more easily than normal on the artery wall. If some of the cholesterol breaks off, it forms an embolus.

Answer 5

A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that got stuck in the lung. It most commonly forms in the veins of the lower leg, and most commonly due to being bedridden for an extended period of time.

Answer 6

An un-dissolved mass of material breaks lose from another site in the body and lodges in a cerebral artery.

Answer 7

Most cases of pulmonary edema are caused by failure of the heart's main chamber, the left ventricle. It can be brought on by an acute heart attack, severe ischemia,

Answer 8

A pulmonary embolism is caused by blood clots that travel through the blood stream to the lungs and block a pulmonary artery

Answer 9

A pulmonary embolism is when something, most times a blood clot, blocks an artery in the lung. Other causes could be air bubbles, fat from the bone marrow of a broken bone or part of a tumor.