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Bone Marrow Harmful to Heart? Dec 24, 2001 If bone marrow enters your bloodstream, can it cause the heart to stop beating, and kill you? |
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 Not likely. There is the remote possibility, particularly when bones are broken that bone marrow and fat from within the bone can cause clots to form in the lungs leading to respiratory problems and very rarely death. | ||||||||
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