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  2. 'I Almost Died From Blood Clots In My Lungs At 62 ... - AOL

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    Ken Counihan was a 62-year-old runner who had no known heart disease risk factors (other than his age) when he nearly died of a pulmonary embolism in 2022. His Apple Watch tipped him off that he ...

  3. Pulmonary embolism - Wikipedia

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    Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of an artery in the lungs by a substance that has moved from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism). [ 6 ] Symptoms of a PE may include shortness of breath, chest pain particularly upon breathing in, and coughing up blood. [ 1 ] Symptoms of a blood clot in the leg may also be present, such ...

  4. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a long-term disease caused by a blockage in the blood vessels that deliver blood from the heart to the lungs (the pulmonary arterial tree). These blockages cause increased resistance to flow in the pulmonary arterial tree which in turn leads ...

  5. Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy - Wikipedia

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    ICD-9-CM. 38.1 5. [ edit on Wikidata] In thoracic surgery, a pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE), also referred to as pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA), [ 1 ] is an operation that removes organized clotted blood (thrombus) from the pulmonary arteries, which supply blood to the lungs. [citation needed]

  6. Hughes–Stovin syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Hughes–Stovin syndrome (HSS) is a rare autoimmune disorder often described as inflammation in relation to blood vessels, a form of vasculitis. It is not associated with any known cause and is typically characterized by multiple aneurysms in pulmonary arteries and deep vein thromboses. It is named after the two British physicians, John ...

  7. Renal vein thrombosis - Wikipedia

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    Renal vein thrombosis (RVT) is the formation of a clot in the vein that drains blood from the kidneys, ultimately leading to a reduction in the drainage of one or both kidneys and the possible migration of the clot to other parts of the body. [1] First described by German pathologist Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen in 1861, RVT most ...