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Do blood clots move out of the arteries.
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Aterial clot: Usually causes a tissue infarction (ie in the heart an mi or heart attack). Contrast to venous clot in the leg which can embolize to the small vessels of the lung and produce a pulmonary embolism.
Answered 2/26/2013
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