Blood clots are very fatal especially when around the Heart and lung. Blood Clots are a semisolid gelatinous mass of coagulated blood that consists of red and white blood cells and platelets in a fibrin network.
1. Blood clots can not be removed or cleared. They have to dissolve in the blood on there own which can take many weeks.
2. There is only medicine to help prevent them from getting worse once you get a clot which is Warfarin which is Coumadin.
3. When their is a blockage of 60% or more in an artery of the heart surgeons can go in and put a stent to open up the artery to prevent more heart attacks in due to that artery. There are other surgeries for blood clots depending on how severe they are.
4.Blood clots can occur just about anywhere in the body.
5. Blood clots are most fatal around the heart and lungs.
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