A 72-year-old man visits the emergency room with acute dyspnea and chest tightness that started during a family meal 20 minutes earlier. He's never had symptoms like this before. Prostate cancer, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia are among the patient's medical issues. He has no drug sensitivities and uses a number of drugs. The patient had been a pack-a-day smoker for 30 years until quitting 10 years ago. The picture below shows a contrasted chest CT scan. Which of the following factors most likely contributed to this patient's current condition?

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A 72-year-old man visits the emergency room with acute dyspnea and chest tightness that started during a family meal 20 minutes earlier. He's never had symptoms like this before. Prostate cancer, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia are among the patient's medical issues. He has no drug sensitivities and uses a number of drugs. The patient had been a pack-a-day smoker for 30 years until quitting 10 years ago. The picture below shows a contrasted chest CT scan.  Which of the following factors most likely contributed to this patient's current condition?

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Eductional Objective: The major pulmonary artery's bifurcation is crossed by a saddle pulmonary embolism. The Virchow trinity of endothelial damage, venous stasis, and a hypercoagulable condition leads to venous thromboembolism, also known as pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. Malignancy makes a person hypercoagulable and increases the risk of venous thromboembolism.

A 72-Year-Old Man Visits the Emergency Room with Acute Dyspnea