how do you get deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

Question: how do you get deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
- Keywords:
  embolism,
  thrombosis
Asked by Pheonix to Yannis on 10 Nov 2017.
- Ioannis Zabetakis answered on 10 Nov 2017:
  
  Excellent question : lipids and other molecules create initially foam cells in our veins and arteries that stick to the tissue when there is inflammation. This leads to the creation of what we call “atheromatic plaque” and the development of a thrombus.
  
  https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/video/atherosclerosis

Pheonix commented on 14 Nov 2017:

Thanks for the amazing answear.

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Question: how do you get deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism