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What is a VTE?
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a series of vascular diseases that involves blood clotting in the veins. In this video, Dr Jessie Shea explains what VTE is, how it develops and related vascular conditions when the blood clots spread from the veins to other parts of the body.
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Venous means related to veins. A thrombus or thrombosis is a blockage in a blood vessel by a blood clot, which is a thrombus. Embolism occurs when the thrombus dislodges from where it's formed and travels around in the blood. It then becomes stuck in a narrow blood vessel elsewhere in the body. The thrombus is then called an embolus. A pulmonary embolus occurs when a thrombus is broken off from a DVT and becomes stuck in one of the blood vessels in the lung.
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