embolism and thrombosis

He died of pulmonary embolism and thrombosis the following day.

In the United States, approximately 550,000 people die each year from heart-related arterial embolism and thrombosis.

Virchow is also known for elucidating the mechanism of pulmonary thromboembolism, coining the term embolism and thrombosis.

Proposed risk factors include, chemotherapy, alcoholism, excessive steroid use, post trauma, caisson disease (decompression sickness), vascular compression, hypertension, vasculitis, arterial embolism and thrombosis, damage from radiation, bisphosphonates (particularly the mandible), sickle cell anaemia, and Gaucher's Disease,.