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What is venous thromboembolism?
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 thrombosis is a blockage of a blood vessel by a blood clot which is called a thrombus. Embolism occurs when the thrombus dislodges from where it's formed and travels in the blood. It then becomes stuck in a narrower blood vessel elsewhere in the body. The thrombus is then called an embolus. A VTE can get stuck in the deep veins of the legs or the arms, which is called a deep vein thrombosis, or travel through the veins to the lungs, which is called a pulmonary embolism.
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