1.   Doctors were forced to amputate her right leg, but Jennifer died when a blood clot caused a pulmonary embolism.

2.   He was admitted to the general medical service at Pinderfields General Hospital with a provisional diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.

3.   One patient in the control group died of pulmonary embolism.

4.   One patient died because of pulmonary embolism during the postoperative period.

5.   An autopsy found that Ms. McPherson had died of a pulmonary embolism, or blood vessel blockage, caused by bed rest and severe dehydration.

6.   He had been ill for some time, but the cause of death was a pulmonary embolism, The Associated Press said.

7.   His wife, Andrea Fodor, said the cause was a pulmonary embolism.

8.   His lawyer and friend Elliot Lefkowitz said the cause was a pulmonary embolism.