embolus

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Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.

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Causes The most common cause of a TIA is an embolus that occludes an artery in the brain. Source: Internet

Pulmonary angiogram Example of a CTPA, demonstrating a saddle embolus (dark horizontal line) occluding the pulmonary arteries (bright white triangle) CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) is a medical diagnostic test used to diagnose pulmonary embolism (PE). Source: Internet

A thrombus may partially or completely block (occlude) blood flow through a vessel or may break off from the vessel wall and travel through the bloodstream, at which point it is called an embolus. Source: Internet

It may be that excess oxygen enters the capillary beds themselves, or that H (hydrogen peroxide) molecules get absorbed into the bloodstream and then, in such relatively high concentration, create the oxygen embolus. Source: Internet

Upon his return to Italy, he suffered an embolus in his right eye. Source: Internet

Pulmonary embolus should always be considered a life-threatening illness. Source: Internet

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