Originally Posted by MoAlpha

Stroke is pretty unlikely from a venous thrombosis. There has to be a high pulmonary artery pressure and a big enough hole in the heart for the clot to cross from the right side to the left. It happens, but rarely enough to be interesting. Clots from veins tend to go to the lung, where they can be asymptomatic, bad, or one of the fastest natural deaths available, depending on their size.