Healthy Living: Removing Blood Clots

A pulmonary embolism is a blockage or clot in one of the pulmonary arteries leading to the lung that can lead to death in up to one-third of all patients.

While blood thinners are often administered to break up the clot, there is one FDA approved device that surgeons can use for removal.

Courtney Doyle has more on the surprising findings from a new study in Healthy Living.