Overview

• What Is Pulmonary Embolism? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Symptoms

• Sudden shortness of breath, either when you're active or at rest
• Chest pain that often mimics angina (chest pain caused by a temporary lack of sufficient blood flow to your heart) or a heart attack. The pain may occur anywhere in the area of your lungs, and sometimes may radiate to your shoulder, arm, neck or jaw. It can be sharp and stabbing or aching and dull. It may become worse when you breathe deeply, cough, eat, bend or stoop
• A cough that produces bloody or blood-streaked sputum
• Excessive sweating
• Rapid heartbeat (tachycardia)
• Lightheadedness or even fainting (syncope)

Diagnosis

• Exams and tests (WebMDHealth)

Treatments

• Medications (WebMDHealth)
• Surgery (WebMDHealth)
• Other Treatment (WebMDHealth)

Ogranizations and Patient-Centered Sites

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute