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.

“In these first cases, the Vertex system was successful in safely navigating through the right heart and into the pulmonary vasculature, facilitating an efficient and effective pulmonary embolectomy ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Open surgical pulmonary embolectomy was almost discarded 20 years ago, but when performed quickly—as opposed to the old "watch-and-wait" approach—in the right patients, the operation is appropriate ...

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 ...

Background A 28-year-old man presented at hospital with persistent pain in his chest and left arm, a paced rhythm on electrocardiography and elevated levels of cardiac enzymes. He was known to have ...

EMBOLIC occlusion of the main trunk of the superior mesenteric artery produces severe ischemia of the entire bowel between the terminal duodenum and mid-transverse colon. This entity must be ...

Mechanical embolectomy performed with general instead of local anesthesia is associated with worse clinical outcomes and poorer survival, according to an article published online March 25, 2014, ahead ...

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 ...

* FDA- GOT 3 MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTS, NO REPORTS OF DEATH/ INJURY RELATED TO PYTHON EMBOLECTOMY, BARD EMBOLECTOMY, OTW LATIS CLEANING CATHETERS RECALL Source text: ...