A saddle pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs when "a large blood clot gets stuck where the main pulmonary artery branches off into a Y-shape to go into each lung," according to Healthline. Saddle ...

Finally came the diagnosis: she had suffered from a massive bilateral saddle pulmonary embolism — in other words, a massive blood clot in both of her lungs. “They were like: ‘Congratulations, you ...

A saddle PE is a large blood clot that lodges in the main pulmonary artery, where it splits into the blood vessels that lead to the left and right lung. (A “pulmonary embolism” is any kind of ...