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How do people die when they have a pulmonary thromboembolism?
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BLOOD SUPPLY STOPS: It can stop the blood supply to the heart and or lungs.
Answered 8/17/2013
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Heart: Unable to pump blood effectively and lungs unable to oxygenate blood effectively if embolism to pulmonary arteries is large enough.
Answered 7/1/2012
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