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Please tell me, could you die from a blood clot in or right next toyour lung?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

A pulmonary : Embolism can sometimes be lethal.

Dr Altman agreed

Answered 3/27/2014

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