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.
Did these clots go through our hearts?????
veeachjay
I think I remember my ER dr. saying that it did. Kinda scary, huh?
deleted_user
Yes, I was told it went through mine, but since they don't know where it came from since I had no DVT's when they scanned them, they think it actually came from my heart due to my ablation procedure. But, was told it had! Very weird huh! Scary!
deleted_user
yeah they do. Anything that originates in a vein and ends up in an artery has passed through the heart by definition. eek! Most PEs start out as DVTs in the veins in the legs. And if it ends up in an artery in your lung, then yup, its gone through the heart.
deleted_user
Ditto with Shyla100. Yes it is pumped through the right side of the heart which recives blood back from the body and pumps it to the lungs to pick up oxygen. That is where it gets stuck because the vessels in the lungs are smaller than the vessels that carried the clot back to the heart.
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
