10: Pulmonary Embolism
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Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of the main artery of the lung or one of its branches by a substance that has travelled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism). Usually this is due to embolism of a thrombus (blood clot) from the |deep veins in the legs, a process termed venous thromboembolism.