blood clot

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A resulting blood clot can completely block blood flow or travel to the heart or brain, triggering a heart attack or stroke.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

In addition to the blood clot in her lungs, the death certificate listed rectal cancer as the long-term cause of death.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Emmy-winning actress Catherine O'Hara, who starred in "Schitt's Creek" and "Home Alone," died from a blood clot in her lungs, her death certificate revealed Monday.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office determined that the beloved comedian died of a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in the lungs, according to her death certificate published Monday by TMZ.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

The spleen turns into a single huge, hard blood clot the size of a baseball.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston