Other cardiovascular causes include severe mitral stenosis and pulmonary embolism. |
But when heated to body temperature in a patient's bloodstream, the toxicologists theorized, it gasified, causing a fatal pulmonary embolism. |
The duckbill valve must prevent reverse flow and airflow back to the heart, which could cause an embolism. |
Serious obstructions, such as a pulmonary embolism, need emergency medical treatment. |
Spiral computed tomography showed a pulmonary embolism in the left lower lobe. |
However, the patient had desquamative interstitial pneumonitis and superimposed bronchopneumonia, not pulmonary embolism. |