loading...| Preferred Name |
Pulmonary embolism |
| Synonyms |
Blood clot in artery of lung |
| Definitions |
An embolus (that is, an abnormal particle circulating in the blood) located in the pulmonary artery and thereby blocking blood circulation to the lung. Usually the embolus is a blood clot that has developed in an extremity (for instance, a deep venous thrombosis), detached, and traveled through the circulation before becoming trapped in the pulmonary artery. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002204 |
| database_cross_reference |
MSH:D011655 SNOMEDCT_US:59282003 UMLS:C0034065 |
| has exact synonym |
Blood clot in artery of lung |
| id |
HP:0002204 |
| imported from | |
| label |
Pulmonary embolism |
| notation |
HP:0002204 |
| prefLabel |
Pulmonary embolism |
| textual definition |
An embolus (that is, an abnormal particle circulating in the blood) located in the pulmonary artery and thereby blocking blood circulation to the lung. Usually the embolus is a blood clot that has developed in an extremity (for instance, a deep venous thrombosis), detached, and traveled through the circulation before becoming trapped in the pulmonary artery. |
| subClassOf |