Every Five Minutes Someone Dies from a Blood Clot or Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

Each year between 100,000-180,000 Americans die as the result of pulmonary embolism or PE. PE is a complication from deep vein thrombosis or blood clots in the lungs. Every year, more people die from preventable blood clots than from breast cancer, AIDS and traffic accidents combined.

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