Know Your Rights: Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary embolism [PE] occurs when there is a blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries in your lungs, which occurs when a blood clot [thrombus] travels to the lungs from deep veins in the legs or, rarely, from veins in other parts of the body. In medical terms, this condition is referred to as deep vein thrombosis [DVT]. When blood…