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are blood clots from the leg that have travelled to your lungs fatal?

`please help me i really need to know that whether blood clots that are from the leg that have travelled to the lungs can be fatal and what the percentages of death from this condition is!!! please help me!

About 1 in every three people that get a PE (pulmonary embolism) die.

2 Responses to “are blood clots from the leg that have travelled to your lungs fatal?”

  1. Starlight says:

    Yes, they are fatal many times but not always. Look up "pulmonary embolism" for information.
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  2. Starsfan14 says:

    About 1 in every three people that get a PE (pulmonary embolism) die.
    References :
    father had a PE and thankfully lived

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