ICD-10 code Z86. 711 for Personal history of pulmonary embolism is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
An embolus can lodge itself in a blood vessel. This can block the blood supply to a particular organ. This blockage of a blood vessel by an embolus is called an embolism.
Usually due to a blood clot that develops in another part of your body, breaks off and travels in the bloodstream into the lung where it blocks the pumping of your heart and prevents it from taking in oxygen. The third most common cardiovascular disease after heart attack and stroke.
Types based on how sick the person is can divided into low, moderate or high risk pulmonary embolism. This is the risk of death or serious complications. Severity also is rated in part based on how symptomatic the person is, how well the lungs are working, and how low a person's blood pressure is.
Pulmonary embolism is caused by a blocked artery in the lungs. The most common cause of such a blockage is a blood clot that forms in a deep vein in the leg and travels to the lungs, where it gets lodged in a smaller lung artery. Almost all blood clots that cause pulmonary embolism are formed in the deep leg veins.
Usually, a pulmonary embolism is caused by a blood clot travelling up from one of the deep veins in your body, usually in the leg. This kind of blood clot is called a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). In some cases, the blood clot occurs because of a change in your physical condition, such as pregnancy or recent surgery.
A thrombus is a blood clot that forms in a vein. An embolus is anything that moves through the blood vessels until it reaches a vessel that is too small to let it pass. When this happens, the blood flow is stopped by the embolus. An embolus is often a small piece of a blood clot that breaks off (thromboembolus).
Thrombosis occurs when a thrombus, or blood clot, develops in a blood vessel and reduces the flow of blood through the vessel. Embolism occurs when a piece of a blood clot, foreign object, or other bodily substance becomes stuck in a blood vessel and largely obstructs the flow of blood.
Bilateral massive pulmonary thromboembolism is a life-threatening condition wherein patients present with circulatory and respiratory collapse. These patients require either thrombolysis or an intervention such as thrombectomy performed by a specialized cardiovascular thoracic surgeon to obtain a good outcome.
An acute pulmonary embolism, or embolus, is a blockage of a pulmonary (lung) artery. Most often, the condition results from a blood clot that forms in the legs or another part of the body (deep vein thrombosis, or DVT) and travels to the lungs.
Chronic Pulmonary Embolism and CTEPH A chronic pulmonary embolism is a blockage of the pulmonary arteries that occurs when prior clots in these vessels don't dissolve over time despite treatment of an acute PE, or the result of an undetected or untreated acute PE.
Massive pulmonary embolism is defined as obstruction of the pulmonary arterial tree that exceeds 50% of the cross-sectional area, causing acute and severe cardiopulmonary failure from right ventricular overload.