embolism
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Tennis legend Serena Williams has twice dealt with blood clots; in 2010, she was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism, and then had another diagnosis in 2017 after the birth of her daughter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The primary endpoint combined stroke, systemic embolism, major bleeding, and cardiovascular death.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
His poker playing intensified from casual games around the office to high-stakes matches following a pulmonary embolism that nearly killed him, Goldstein said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
Sue Howell, from Bilston, died from a pulmonary embolism, a clot in the blood vessel connecting the heart with the lungs.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
If anything, he says it was the amniotic embolism that did it.
From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds
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There are AI competitors like AIdoc, which started with pulmonary embolisms, and OpenEvidence, which doctors use to help diagnose diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
After CT scans and MRIs, Sickler was told that he had massive pulmonary embolisms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
For many patients who undergo butt lifts and related procedures, complications like blood clots or embolisms, which can be fatal, are a bigger concern than the cartels.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Do not forget the postnatal depression, and the two pulmonary embolisms which endangered her life.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2022
Moreover, the same principle has wide application in case of the human subject in disease, such as the lesion of nerve tracts or the destruction of centres by localized tumors, by embolisms, or by traumatisms.
From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Henry Smith Williams
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