ARTERIAL EMBOLISM CAUSES |
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A common cause of embolus is when an
artery whose lining has become thickened or damaged, usually with
age, allows cholesterol to build up more easily than normal on the
artery wall. If some of the cholesterol breaks off, it forms an
embolus. Emboli also commonly form from blood clots in a heart that
has been damaged from heart attack or when the heart contracts
abnormally from arterial fibrillation.
Other known causes are fat cells that enter the blood after a major
bone fracture, infected blood cells, cancer cells that enter the
blood stream, and small gas bubbles. |
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