Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.

derekcamaradas
any one have heart damage to right side heart ? Or any one do breathing tests came back a little weak ?
rmb
I just pm’d you. Yes, I had heart damage. I didn’t undergo subsequent breathing tests but I had breathing issues for a couple months after the clot. I don’t know if it was from the heart stuff or from the PE itself. Your body goes through trauma from the PE. Remember the clots deprive your body of oxygen. That will screw things up for a while.
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