When assessing a patient, you notice a red, swollen left leg, and suspect deep vein thrombosis. If a thrombus breaks free in the peripheral vein, the thrombus runs the risk of:entering the right atria, traveling to the right ventricle, then lodging into the pulmonary artery, creating a pulmonary embolus.entering the left atria, traveling to the left ventricle, then lodging into the carotid artery, causing stroke. entering a peripheral artery, and causing an acute peripheral arterial obstruction entering the pulmonary artery, traveling to the right ventricle, then into the right atria, causing additional deep vein thromboses