Kauai's latest luxury hotel sits on a prime stretch of Poipu Beach, and has 121 mod-meets-island-style rooms. The spa focuses on indigenous ingredients, like seaweed, Red Kauai clay, and guava. Rooms from $349; Ko'a Kea Resort.
Pulmonary embolism or blood clots in the lungs is a problem which occurs when one or even more arteries in the lungs are blocked. In many cases, blood clots in the lungs are caused by clots of blood that flow to your lungs from another area of the body â most frequently, your legs.
Certain diseases and conditions are more likely to cause clots to form in specific areas of the body. Conditions that can trigger excessive blood clotting in the heart and brain: 1  Atherosclerosis is a disease in which a waxy substance called plaque builds up inside your arteries.2  Over time, the plaque may rupture. 3  Platelets clump together to form clots at the site of the damage.any factors can lead to excessive blood clotting, leading to limited or blocked blood flow. Blood clots can travel to the arteries or veins in the brain, heart, kidneys, lungs and limbs, which in turn can cause heart attack, stroke, damage to the bodyâs organs or even death. 1  Smoking. 2  Overweight and obesity.