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Heart Health Center Heart Health Center Reduce Risk Heart Disease Related Conditions From Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., your Guide to Heart Health Center This week: Pulmonary embolus. And - Drugs used to treat and prevent blood clots  Pulmonary Embolus A pulmonary embolus is a blood clot that lodges in the pulmonary artery or one of its branches. Search Related Topics:  pulmonary embolus  pulmonary infarction  Drugs That Prevent or Treat Blood Clots Several types of drugs are used to prevent blood clots, or to treat blood clots after they have formed. Search Related Topics:  thrombosis  blood clotting  anticoagulation Can Treatment Lower Your Blood Pressure Too Much? Recent evidence suggests that in treating hypertension, doctors should be careful not to reduce the blood pressure too much. Search Related Topics:  hypertension  hypertension therapy  Apheresis For LDL Cholesterol Apheresis is a method of lowering LDL cholesterol levels by "cleaning" the blood Search Related Topics:  familial hypercholesterolemia  cholesterol and triglycerides  Related Searches Heart Disease Causes Coronary Heart Heart Artery Heart Failure Heart Attack Pain Featured Articles Heart valve disease Hypertension - high blood pressure Pacemakers and defibrillators Heart surgery, congenital problems, and, more Syncope (fainting) Blog   More from About.com Sign up for the About.com Money Newsletter! Managing your finances can be confusing. We're here to help! Sign up to receive budgeting, saving and investing tips, delivered straight to your inbox. Sign-up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Please sign up it's free (of course), we think you will like it! This newsletter is written by: Richard N. Fogoros, M.D. Heart Health Center Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Heart Health Center newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Must Reads How to Keep Your Heart Healthy Common Symptoms of Heart Disease How To Survive a Heart Attack Living With Heart Failure All About Atrial Fibrillation Advertisement