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How to use embolus in a sentence

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If the embolus reaches a blood vessel it cannot flow through, a blockage occurs.
The embolus is carried in the blood stream until it gets stuck in a place where it forms a blockage.
The differential diagnosis of a cavitary lung lesion includes neoplasm, infection, and septic embolus.
Initial scan results may also reveal a hyperdense middle cerebral artery thought to be caused by a fresh clot or embolus.
The most common type of embolus is a clot of blood, but other things can cause an embolism too.
These potential complications include embolus, pneumonia, infection, joint dislocation, or deep vein thrombosis.
A bit of the clot can break off and end up blocking a vessel in your lung, causing a pulmonary embolus.
Some venous thromboembolisms may be subclinical, whereas others present as sudden pulmonary embolus or symptomatic deep vein thrombosis.
The so-called embolus forms on a pathologically abnormal wall of a larger vessel and then detaches and circulates in the blood.
Care is needed when the reservoir is almost depleted, as applying pressure on the IV bag at this stage may result in air embolus.
Sudden decompression in the aircraft results in rapid expansion of gases, which could result in pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum or air embolus.
An embolus set free in the circulation might eventually be trapped in a narrower vessel and lead to a serious lesion in the neighbouring parts.
Pulmonary embolus is an important risk factor for mortality in these patients.
If the embolus is in a vein, the tube system widens along the direction of the blood flow, so a small embolus doesn't do much harm until it gets through the heart.
Air should not be used to inflate balloons, the balloon rupture during use could cause an air embolus.
Has the client had an embolus that has been successfully treated with no sequela?
This sequence of events, known as pulmonary embolus, can cause debilitating lung disease or death.
All CF patients can develop localized air trapping, increasing the risk of air embolus or pneumothorax during scuba diving.
Following an aortic thrombectomy, an embolus was also removed from her left leg.
When an embolus becomes lodged in another vessel where it completely occludes blood flow, it causes an embolism.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Although most emboli are detached portions of thrombi, any foreign body of suitable size may become an embolus.
At the post-mortem examination the left and right branches of the pulmonary artery contained an embolus.
When this artery is blocked close to its origin by an embolus or thrombus, total aphasia results.
The danger of an embolus plugging one of the smaller arteries is great and probably happens more often than we think.
And yet the mere naming of the affliction eased her, although she had no conception of what an embolus might be.
As a matter of fact, Batsch under embolus crocatus first presents an unmistakable description and figure.
An embolus occupied the pulmonary artery, resembling a blood-clot found in the left common and internal iliac veins.
Left male palps in ventral view are used for describing the origin points of the embolus, apophyses and conductor on the tegulum.
Success has followed opening the artery and removing the embolus.
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