How to Use blood clot in a Sentence

blood clot

noun
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  • Although much less common, coughing can be a sign of some medical emergencies, like lung collapse or pulmonary embolism, when an artery that supplies the lungs with blood becomes blocked by a blood clot.
    — Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 1 July 2024
  • The cause of death was reported as a blood clot in her lungs.
    — Samantha Drake, Country Living, 29 Nov. 2022
  • This wire mesh, placed inside the catheter, retrieves the blood clot.
    — Alyssa Hui, Health, 12 Apr. 2023
  • She was hospitalized and died the next day of a blood clot in the lungs.
    — Mike Stobbe, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The autopsy showed Lacy died from a blood clot in his lungs.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Will had a second surgery on Nov. 22 to remove a blood clot.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
  • There, scans showed that the cancer had caused a giant blood clot in her lungs.
    — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Her life would be stopped up, as if a blood clot had blocked the passage of blood from her heart to her body.
    — Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Fryer stayed overnight at the hospital as Tatum's team pulled out the blood clot from his lung.
    — The Enquirer, 9 May 2023
  • The official cause of death was a blood clot that traveled from his leg to his lung, the release states.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Toriyama died March 1 of a blood clot in his brain, Bird Studio said in a statement.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2024
  • This is when a blood clot travels to the brain and interrupts blood flow and deprives the brain of oxygen.
    — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • People with lymphoma might not make enough platelets, which help your blood clot.
    — Barbara Brody, Health, 26 Feb. 2023
  • In March, the model, 25, had a ministroke after a blood clot traveled from her heart to her brain.
    — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022
  • Hailey, meanwhile, suffered a small blood clot in her brain in 2022.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • And that was basically a stent going up into the brain to pull out a blood clot.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The blood clot itself that forms in one part of the body, breaks off and then travels elsewhere is called an embolus.
    — Daryl Perry, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Hartman missed the season opener while dealing with a blood clot.
    — Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2022
  • In March, the 26-year-old model was admitted to the hospital with stroke-like symptoms caused by a blood clot in her brain.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Hailey Bieber is ready to share her story about suffering a blood clot.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Spinal cord strokes occur when the blood flow to the spine is blocked, which can happen because of a blood clot, plaque buildup in the arteries or bleeding in the spinal cord.
    — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 15 June 2023
  • There are two types of stroke: ischemic stroke, when a blood clot that blocks the flow of blood to an artery in the brain; or a hemorrhagic stroke, caused when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Flores was hospitalized for nearly three weeks in 2020 for a blood clot in her left leg.
    — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
  • In addition, Schrag said, some patients given the placebo had to wait longer for the standard stroke treatment of the drug tPA or surgery to dissolve the blood clot.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The acute onset of shortness of breath could be caused by anything from a severe allergic reaction to a blood clot in the lungs, Dr. Rosen says.
    — Beth Krietsch, SELF, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Sinbad was hospitalized in a coma in 2020 after a blood clot had caused a stroke.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Chuck had suffered a fatal heart attack due to a blood clot that was dislodged after he was tackled.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman is back after a blood clot scare to lead one of the best offenses in the country.
    — C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2022
  • People with the highest level of erythritol in their blood were shown to have twice the risk for stroke, blood clot, or death compared with those with the lowest level.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Before the first game of that season, though, her father died, too, due to a blood clot following surgery complications.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2024

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