embolus
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He also went on to say that Dr Evans did not have any empirical research to back up his claims about the effects of air embolus.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2023
"It was a pretty stark description of what sounded to be air embolus to me," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2022
Fat in the bloodstream after an injury like mine signaled the possibility of a fat embolus, a rare but potentially fatal complication of long-bone fractures.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2015
Alternatively, plaque can break off and travel through the bloodstream as an embolus until it blocks a more distant, smaller artery.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The embolus has become an obstructing thrombus, and its removal is accomplished in the manner already stated in connection with the subject of thrombosis.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Andrew Ladores passed on June 2 at the age of 49 due to pulmonary emboli that irreparably damaged his lungs and kidneys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
The lung problem, pulmonary emboli, had been dogging him for 20 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
The death rate following the procedure was found to be 1 in 3,000 and all the fatal cases investigated featured fat emboli being found in the buttock muscle, he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2018
How do they escape the “bends”? The phenomenon where dissolved nitrogen resurfaces as bubbles causing emboli?
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2018
An appreciation of the laws of the transfer of emboli renders such a discovery almost certain.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
