A patient is diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism caused by a thromboembolism. The nurse realizes that one site of origin for the thromboembolism would be the
1. distal arterial circulation.
2. left ventricle.
3. carotid artery.
4. distal venous circulation.
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Rationale: One site of origin for a pulmonary embolus would be the distal venous circulation. An arterial occlusion would cause a distal obstruction. A left ventricular or carotid thromboembolism would most likely occlude the carotid artery or cerebral circulation.
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