Talk:Embolism

Embolisms in plants
What about air embolisms in plants?


 * Embolisms in plants:
 * -a loss of water cohesion in plants create embolisms.
 * -gravity pulls the water down, transpiration pulls the water up
 * -eventually we get a breaking of the water column in the plant
 * -this results in vessel cavitation leading to branch or plant death —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.110.164.74 (talk) 03:24, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Hydrogen peroxide causing a capillary embolism
I've seen a reference to hydrogen peroxide causing a capillary embolism - anyone know what this is? 213.61.189.170 10:05, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Treatment?
This article has a lot of detail (albeit at times rather hard to follow for the layperson) about what embolisms are, but almost nothing about how to treat them when they occur. I came here via Ronnie Peterson, a racing driver who died of a "fat embolism" after a very bad crash in 1978, and I wanted to know how such a thing would be treated in 2007. 86.132.138.84 01:43, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Defective Definition Logic
"Embolism occurs when an embolus" ??? Missing (genus proximus/ specific difference) dichotomy = nonsense. And U redirect the "Embolus" article to the "Embolism" one. Think of the people that may not really know anything about this subject! A shower of words without clarifying the true nature of the subject. Otherwise specific to many wikipedia definition stems. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.244.94.190 (talk) 17:54, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Portal embolism?
I don't know much about this subject, but I'm thinking that the lede's "a detached intravascular mass capable of clogging arterial capillary beds at a site far from its origin" may not be right, considering the existence of "Portal embolism" (i.e., in the hepatic portal circulation). Maybe this should be included/clarified? Does anyone know more specifics about this?
 * Peace and Passion &#9774; ''("I'm listening....") 17:38, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

An embolism can be a thrombus, in contrast to a thrombus.
According to the introduction, an embolism can be a lodged "blood clot." It may affect a remote part of the body, in contrast to a thrombus. Looking at Thrombus, I see that it's a blood clot formed before death. My hunch is that an embolism has a local effect when caused by a thrombus, but may have a remote affect in other cases. But this needs some sort of clarification. --Jesdisciple (talk) 21:35, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

Epidemiological section
Would a section on epidemiology make sense for this page? Briaboru (talk) 03:25, 23 March 2024 (UTC)