Pulmonary embolisms are easily treated if caught early enough

March 10, 2011

Tennis star Serena Williams recently developed a pulmonary embolism after a cross-country flight, her representative told People magazine last week. A pulmonary embolism, or PE, is a blockage in a lung artery, usually caused by a blood clot that traveled to the lung from a vein in the leg. A PE....

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