From the San Francisco Business Times. Shruthi Narayan has blood clots on the brain — in a good way. In fact, because of Narayan and the broader team at Penumbra, the Alameda company she leads has ...
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Post-thrombectomy alteplase linked to better stroke outcomes
Giving the clot-busting medication alteplase at the site of a blocked brain artery after blood clot removal may increase the ...
A major international analysis of 2,313 patients, median age 71, found that giving an IV clot-busting drug before mechanical clot removal modestly increases brain-bleeding risk compared with ...
Thomas Fogarty, who has died aged 91, invented the embolectomy catheter, commonly known as the balloon catheter, a device ...
When trying to remove life-threatening clots from blood vessels, current technologies are successful on only about half of the first attempts – if at all. A new surgical tool, however, is claimed to ...
Blood clots are among the most feared medical emergencies, and for good reason. They can lead to heart attacks, strokes and death. But not all clots are dangerous. In fact, clotting is a natural and ...
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