ONE hundred and ninety saddle emboli at the aortic bifurcation have been reported to date. To these we are adding 3 cases, making a total of 193. Two of our 3 patients were treated by embolectomy, and ...

Thrombectomy and embolectomy are procedures used to treat two different types of blood clots from blood vessels. A thrombectomy is surgery to remove a stationary blood clot from one of your arteries ...

Tissue plasminogen activator can improve neurologic outcome after acute ischemic stroke (AIS); however, as an intravenous or catheter-based treatment strategy, it is not suitable for all AIS patients.

Often relegated to the second or third tier of treatment options, surgical management of patients with massive or high-risk submassive acute pulmonary embolism (PE)—either with embolectomy or ...

Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy Outcomes Not Affected by Thrombus Location Surgical pulmonary embolectomy for peripheral distribution of thrombus demonstrated positive outcomes in patients with either ...

Recently Sir Thomas Lewis, eminent London heart specialist, made a special study of how an arm or leg dies when an embolus (floating clot) plugs a main artery which feeds blood to that limb. Competent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “SPIRARE opens the door for a new generation of large-bore interventional technology, designed for increased ...

Dyspnea and hypotension developed in a 35-year-old woman about 24 hours after an apparently uncomplicated cesarean delivery at term. The patient was acutely distressed and fully conscious, with a ...

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jupiter Endovascular, Inc., a medical technology startup developing a new class of endovascular procedures using Endoportal Control™, announced today that the ...

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Applied Medical is recalling 19,400 of their Python embolectomy catheters, Bard embolectomy catheters, and OTW Latis cleaning catheters because the catheter tip could detach during use. If this ...