The hospital's state-of-the-art American Heart and Vascular Institute performed a challenging surgery including open ...

Techniques for thrombus removal include catheter-directed thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy and various combinations of both (pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis). There are no ...

30-degree head positioning before thrombectomy surgery. Stroke patients' baseline NIHSS scores were measured at 0-degrees ...

According to new research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine, the number of mechanical thrombectomies performed at hospitals is not an accurate indicator of patient outcomes, which can ...

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Opens in a new tab or window Two randomized trials found that intra-arterial urokinase and tenecteplase did not improve functional outcomes after mechanical thrombectomy in selected stroke patients.

Within hours of her admission, the hospital's expert stroke team performed a cutting-edge mechanical thrombectomy, a minimally invasive procedure to remove the clot and restore blood flow to the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to a Bay Area commercial stage medical technology company for its novel ...

For patients with acute ischemic stroke due to a large-vessel occlusion (LVO), administering intra-arterial thrombolytics after successful endovascular thrombectomy does not significantly improve ...

Mechanical thrombectomy for VTE is a $6 billion US ... condition during or just after a hospitalization (with or without surgery), during cancer treatment, and during or just after pregnancy.