Acute pulmonary thromboembolic disease: Blood clots from the legs may travel through the heart and lodge in the branches of the vessels of the lungs.
Chronic pulmonary thromboembolic disease: Some emboli do not dissolve but become 'organized' with fibrous scar tissue, blocking the vessels in the lungs.
Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy: Blood clots can be removed directly from the pulmonary arteries by open-heart surgery.