Medicaltalks on Instagram: "A cardiac thrombus caught embolizing in action!! Notice how the thrombus (a fairly large blood clot) detaches from the ventricular wall and travels through the cardiac chamber circulation and the valve. An embolus is what this thrombus becomes once it’s detached and is free to travel. The unattached mass travels through the bloodstream and is capable of clogging arterial capillary beds (create an arterial occlusion) at a site distant from its point of origin. There ar