embolic

Examples

• All

• In all twelve patients with embolic occlusion, the aorta was normal, and emboli originated in the heart.

  Academic text (2007)

• In the clinical trial, no cases of serious embolic disease occurred among 84 long-term hospital inpatients treated with HRT for 10 years, whereas one case of VTE occurred among the untreated group.

  Academic text (1999)

• These results probably reflect the low risk of embolic events in primary prevention studies, especially in patients under 75 years.

  Academic text (1994)

• Embolic phenomena from AF can increase stroke risk by up to seven times.

  Academic text (2010)

• More than two-thirds of embolic phenomena involve the central nervous system, and there are no previous reports of tumor emboli to the pancreas.

  Academic text (2007)

• Other outcomes of interest were uterine bleeding, endometrial cancer, breast cancer, stroke, other embolic events, fractures, and compliance with treatment.

  Academic text (2002)

• They can also spread indirectly through the valveless veins of the sinuses and orbit as a result of a thrombophlebitic or embolic condition.

  Academic text (2002)

• Prompt anticoagulation is suggested in patients with embolic occlusions to minimize a high incidence of recurrent arterial embolism.

  Academic text (2007)

• Biopsy also revealed some leukocytoclasia that was consistent with thrombosis secondary to Waldenström's macroglobulinemia rather than a septic embolic event.

  Academic text (2006)

• The patient was diagnosed with an embolic stroke due to a blood clot traveling from the heart.

Synonyms

T

thromboembolic

vsembolic

• Specialized

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A health problem caused by a blood clot that blocks a vein or artery

refers to problems caused by any traveling blockage, not only blood clots

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Etymology