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Heart Health: Blood Clots

With a digital imaging of the inside of the blood vessel, Dr. Chaminda Jayanetti, Vascular Surgeon with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, explains how blood clots happen. He says blood clots are a chemical reaction that occurs within the elements of blood: the red cells, the platelets and the proteins. They can form very rapidly, and the blood turns solid.

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